Volume Manager User Interfaces

Volume Manager Storage Administrator

The Storage Administrator is a graphical user interface to the Volume Manager. The Storage Administrator provides visual elements such as icons, menus, and dialog boxes to manipulate Volume Manager objects. The Storage Administrator also acts as an interface to some common file system operations. The Storage Administrator is described in the Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide.

Command Line Interface

The Volume Manager command set (for example, the vxassist command) ranges from commands requiring minimal user input to commands requiring detailed user input. For information on the Command Line Interface, see Chapter 3 “Volume Manager Operations”.

Volume Manager commands range from simple commands to complex commands requiring detailed user input. Many Volume Manager commands require you to have an understanding of Volume Manager concepts. Volume Manager concepts are described in this chapter. Most Volume Manager commands require superuser or other appropriate privileges. For a listing and explanation of Volume Manager commands, see the "Volume Manager Commands" in the Volume Manager Reference Guide.

Volume Manager Support Operations

Volume Manager Support Operations interface (vxdiskadm) is a menu-driven interface for disk and volume administration functions. The vxdiskadm interface uses a command line main menu where you can select storage management tasks to be performed. For more information on the vxdiskadm interface, see “vxdiskadm Main Menu” and “vxdiskadm Menu Description”.