What are the commands that can be run on a Veritas Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) Master / Slave or a Veritas Cluster File System (CFS) Primary / Secondary?
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Description
Description
To determine if the system is a CVM Master or Slave:
As root, run the following command,
# vxdctl -c mode
To determine if the system is a CFS Primary or Secondary run the following command,
# fsclustadm -v showprimary
The following commands are allowed on a CVM Master node :
vxassist - to add/delete a volume in a disk group
vxresize - to resize an existing volume
Note: A s of Version 6, vxresize can be run from any node .
Note: A s of Version 6, vxresize can be run from any node .
The following command is allowed in a CFS Primary node :
fsadm - to resize/reorganise a file system
If the system does not allow you to run any of the above commands, please use this table for cross-reference:
| System Name | CVM Mode | VxVM Admin commands allowed - like vxresize, vxassist, vxrecover, vxmake etc ? | CFS Mode | Command allowed - fsadm ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sysA | Master | Yes | Secondary | No |
| sysB | Slave | No | Primary | Yes |
Issue/Introduction
What are the commands that can be run on a Veritas Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) Master / Slave or a Veritas Cluster File System (CFS) Primary / Secondary?
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