VERITAS Volume Manager Considerations

Consider these points when planning VxVM configurations:

• You must create a default disk group (rootdg) on each cluster node. See your VERITAS documentation for guidelines and details about creating a rootdg.

• If the rootdg is encapsulated, then two disk slice table entries must be left free. In addition, only the root (/), /usr, /var, and swap file systems should be present on the encapsulated root disk.

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  Caution -

  Insufficient disk space and slices prevent encapsulation of the boot disk later and increase installation time because the operating environment might have to be reinstalled.

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  Note -

  You will need licenses for VERITAS Volume Manager if you use it with any storage devices other than SPARCstorage Arrays or Sun StorEdge A5000s. SPARCstorage Arrays and Sun StorEdge A5000s include bundled licenses for use with VxVM. Contact the Sun License Center for any necessary VxVM licenses; see http://www.sun.com/licensing/ for more information. You do not need licenses to run Solstice DiskSuite with Sun Cluster.

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