Veritas InfoScale™ Operations Manager 7.3.1 Frequently Asked Questions
Centralized Storage Foundation administration
Table: Storage Foundation operations
Object | Type of Operation |
|---|---|
Disk groups | Creating disk groups Recovering disk groups Deporting disk groups Destroying disk groups Importing disk groups Adding disks to disk groups Removing disks from disk groups Resizing disks in disk groups Renaming disks in disk groups Upgrading disk groups Splitting disk groups Moving disk groups Joining disk groups Enabling/disabling Flexible Storage Sharing on disk groups |
Disks | Disconnecting disks Initializing disks Recovering disks Replacing disks Bringing disks online Taking disks offline Evacuating disks Setting disk usage Running or scheduling Trim Rescanning disks Exporting and un-exporting disks for Flexible Storage Sharing Creating, modifying, and deleting SmartIO cache Enabling and disabling SmartIO cache |
Volumes | Creating volumes Stopping volumes Recovering volumes Reactivating volumes Deleting volumes Moving volumes Adding mirrors to volumes Removing the mirrors of volumes Creating instant volume snapshots Creating space optimized snapshots for volumes Creating mirror break-off snapshots for volumes Dissociating snapshots Reattaching snapshots Resizing volumes Restoring data from the snapshots of volumes Refreshing the snapshot of volumes Configuring a schedule for volume snapshot refresh Adding snapshot volumes to a refresh schedule Removing the schedule for volume snapshot refresh Setting volume usage Splitting snapshots Starting synchronization of snapshots Renaming volumes Enabling FMR Disabling FMR |
File systems | Creating file systems Enabling change logs Disabling change logs Synchronizing change logs Removing change logs Defragmenting file systems Unmounting non-clustered file systems from hosts Mounting non-clustered file systems on hosts Unmounting clustered file systems Mounting clustered file systems on hosts Remounting file systems Checking file systems Creating file system snapshots Remounting file system snapshot Mounting file system snapshot Unmounting file system snapshot Removing file system snapshot Monitoring capacity of file systems Running or scheduling Trim |
Volume replication | Configuring replications Adding a secondary Pausing the replication to a Secondary Resuming the replication of a secondary Starting replication to a Secondary Stopping the replication to a Secondary Switching a primary Taking over from an original Primary Removing a secondary Monitoring replications |
VRTSsfmh 4.0, or later package must be installed on the SFHA hosts to perform centralized Storage Foundation operations. No other component is required to be installed on these hosts to perform the centralized Storage Foundation operations.
SFHA on Windows: Versions 5.x or later.
SFHA on UNIX/Linux: Versions 4.1.x or later.
For more information, refer to the Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager Hardware and Software Compatibility List (HSCL).
Following are the Storage Foundation operations that are not supported on Windows host:
Disk and disk group operations:
Resizing disks in a disk group
Moving disk groups
Volume operations:
Moving volumes
Starting synchronization of a snapshot
Creating instant volume snapshots
Creating space optimized snapshots for volumes
Creating mirror-breakoff snapshots for volumes
Restoring data from the snapshots of volumes
Refreshing the snapshot of volumes
Recovering volumes
Reattaching snapshots
Dissociating snapshots
Splitting snapshots
Renaming volume
Enabling FastResync on volumes
Disabling FastResync on volumes
File system operations:
Creating file systems
Defragmenting file systems
Checking file systems
Remounting file systems
Mount file system
Unmount file system
Creating file system snapshots
Mounting file system snapshot
Unmounting file system snapshot
Remounting file system snapshot
Removing file system snapshot
Enabling change logs
Disabling change logs
Synchronizing change logs
Removing change logs
Mount operation: Supported file systems are VxFS, UFS, Ext2, Ext3, and Ext4.
Unmount operation: Supported file systems are VxFS, UFS, Ext2, Ext3, and Ext4, except for the root or the ZFS file system.