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Basic VERITAS Volume Replicator 4.1 Commands

INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION

Action Command Line

Install VVR on both the primary system and all
installvvr
secondary systems
Add a license on all systems (can also be done
vxlicinst k license_key
during installvvr execution)
Configure a network connection between the /etc/hostname.device
primary and secondary systems /etc/hosts
vi /kernel/drv/vxio.conf
Create identical kernel memory parameters on the vol_max_rdback_sz=value;
primary and secondary systems vol_max_nmpool_sz=value;
vol_rvio_maxpool_sz=value;
vol_min_lowmem_sz=value;
vxtune vol_max_rdback_sz value
vxtune vol_max_nmpool_sz value
Modify memory parameters online (not persistent)
vxtune vol_rvio_maxpool_sz value
vxtune vol_min_lowmem_sz value
/usr/sbin/vxstart_vvr
OR
Start the daemons /etc/rc2.d/S96vradmind
/etc/rc2.d/S94vxnm-vxnetd
/etc/rc2.d/S96vxrsyncd
Examine VVR memory usage on all hosts in the
vrstat M rvgname
replicated data set (RDS)

ESTABLISHING REPLICATION

Action Command Line

vxdisksetup i disk_access_name
Initialize a disk and create a disk group
vxdg init dg disk_media_name=disk_access_name
Add an initialized disk to a disk group vxdg g dg adddisk disk_media_name=disk_access_name
Create a data volume vxassist g dg make datavol size layout=value
Add a DCM log to a data volume vxassist g dg addlog datavol logtype=DCM
Create an SRL volume vxassist g dg make srlvol size layout=value
Create a primary RVG vradmin g dg createpri rvg datavol srlvol
vradmin g dg addsec rvg prihost sechost prlink=to_sechost \
Create a secondary RVG and the RLINKs
srlink=to_prihost
vradmin g dg set rvg sechost srlprot=value
vradmin g dg set rvg sechost latencyprot=value
Set replication parameters
vradmin g dg set rvg sechost synchronous=value
vradmin g dg set rvg sechost bandwidth_limit=value
Synchronize the secondary vradmin g dg [-full] [-c ckpt] syncrvg rvg sechost
Start replication vradmin g dg [-f] [-a] [-c ckpt] startrep rvg sechost

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STATUS AND VERIFICATION

Action Command Line

List replicated data set (RDS) configuration vradmin [g dg] l printrvg
Display replication status of an RDS vradmin g dg l repstatus rvg
Display RLINK and replication parameters vxprint g dg -lP
Display RVG and associated volume information vxprint g dg -lV
Display information about data volumes in an RDS vxrlink g dg printvol rvg
Display RLINK network information vxrlink g dg [i interval] stats rlink
Check primary RLINK status vxrlink g dg status prlink
Collect and display consolidated statistics across
vrstat V S R M n number rvg
all hosts in an RDS

MANAGING REPLICATION

Action Command Line

Pause replication to a secondary system vradmin g dg pauserep rvg sechost
Resume replication to a secondary system vradmin g dg resumerep rvg sechost
Migrate replication to a secondary system vradmin g dg migrate rvg newpri
Takeover primary role on a secondary system vradmin g dg takeover rvg
Use fast failback on the new primary system vradmin g dg [wait] fbsync rvg
vxsnap g dg prepare datavol (On both replication sites)
vxassist g dg make cachevol size (On both replication sites)
Verify online data vxmake g dg cache cache_obj_name cachevolname=cachevol \
autogrow=yes (On both replication sites)
vradmin g dg [-k cache] verifydata rvg sechost \
cache=cache_obj_name
Change an RLINK IP Address vradmin g dg changeip rvg newpri_ip newsec_ip
Resize the primary SRL vradmin g dg resizesrl rvg size

STOPPING AND REMOVING REPLICATION

Action Command Line

Stop replication to a secondary system vradmin g dg stoprep rvg sechost
Delete a secondary RVG from an RDS vradmin g dg delsec rvg sechost
Delete a primary RVG vradmin g dg [-f] delpri rvg

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