Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide

Top Down Volume Creation (Task Map)

The following task map identifies the procedures needed to create Solaris Volume Manager volumes with the metassist command, which allows you to specify volumes based on quality of service characteristics and create sets of layered volumes with a single command.

Task	Description
Creating a Volume Automatically	Allows you to use the `metassist` command to create one or more Solaris Volume Manager volumes.
Specifying Output Verbosity from the `metassist` Command	Allows you to control the amount of information about the volume creation process that the `metassist` command provides for troubleshooting or diagnosis.
Creating a Command File with the `metassist` Command	Helps you create a shell script with the `metassist` command to generate the volumes that the command specified.
Creating a Volume with A Saved Shell Script Created by the `metassist` Command	Shows you how to create the Solaris Volume Manager volumes that the `metassist` command specified with the shell script previously generated by the command.
Creating a Volume Configuration File with the `metassist` Command	Helps you create a volume configuration file, describing the characteristics of the volumes you want to create.
Changing the Volume Defaults File	Allows you to set default volume characteristics to customize the `metassist` command's behavior.