LVM與VxVM對照表

Table 1 LVM與VxVM專有名詞對照表

LVM Term	VxVM Term
Physical Volume	VxVM Disk
Logical Volume	Volume
Volume Group	Disk Group
Physical Extent	Subdisk
LVM metadata	Private Region
Unused Physical Extent	Free Space
Mirrors	Mirrors (Plexes)
Export	Deport
Import	Import
Bad Block Pool	No similar term

Table 2 LVM與VxVM指令對照表

LVM	Description/Action	VxVM	Description/Action
lvcreate	Creates a logical volume.	vxassist	Creates volumes
lvextend	Increases disk space allocated to a logical volume.	vxassist	Example: vxassist growto vol_name 200M
lvremove	Removes one or more logical volumes from a volume group.	vxedit	Removes volumes with the -rf rm parameters. Example: vxedit -rf rm vol_name
pvcreate	Makes a disk an LVM disk.	vxdisksetup	Brings a disk under VxVM control. Example: vxdisksetup c0t3d0