![]() It is difficult (though possible) to tell from the text output of vxprint, how much space is used where, how the storage is laid out, and what is available for new volumes. Here is a small (root, swap, /var) configuration: You want to inspect a large setup (or sometimes even a small one!), its output ( vxprint) can be unclear, even cryptic. Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) is a popular and powerful, enterprise-class storage management tool. Otherwise, I don't need it we tend to use SAN (Hardware RAID5 VxVM RAID 0) or local disk (Mirrored, in which case I just halve the Capacity cell). This will be considered if someone gets in touch and requests it. If Spreadsheet calculations are enabled (a rather useful feature, I find), this would make no sense, as the spreadsheet software does not know your LUN sizes, etc). When Spreadsheet calculations are disabled, it would be possible for the script to calculate the actual usages. In other configurations, you may be able to add RAID 5 or RAID 1+0 (RAID10) storage, leading to other calculations of the total capacity available.Īs a result, the spreadsheets generated by this tool, assume optimal use of the rootdisk. In reality, you will be able to add only 43Gb worth of new mirrored volumes, though you could add 86Gb of RAID0 storage. Spreadsheets are not sufficiently intelligent to deal with scenarios whereby you have a mixture of RAID layouts, so - for example - if you have 2 x 73Gb disks, mirrored, with 30Gb used: that will be shown as 2x73 = 146Gb Capacity, 30Gb Used, 116Gb Free. One thing to note, is that the "Capacity" column shows the total available capacity of the diskgroup. The only link that you have been missing, is this tool. Veritas, this tool, and Excel, will do the job for you. See that the "Used" and "Free" totals are updated automatically You will never need to work out volume sizes for yourself ever again. See what happens when you resize the volumes. ![]() This 30-line spreadsheet condenses the contents of this 218-line vxprint output. If you are can't wait to read on, just download the sample, and play about with it. The easiest way to do that is to Edit->Copy from this sample, and then in your CSV file, Edit->Paste Special and select "Column Widths". ![]() The CSV file, when downloaded, will have default column widths, which will not suit your needs for presentation purposes, you will need to resize the column widths. Specifically, it takes vxprint output, and creates CSV spreadsheets, for use in Microsoft Excel,, or your favourite spreadsheet application.Īctually, it can also take the output of the cfg2html tool (which basically just includes a vxprint -Ath output). In a nutshell, it takes difficult-to-understand VxVM data and turns it into a very usable spreadsheet. Veritas Volume Manager Translator Understand vxprint !
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