From: Green, Simon (SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM)
Date: Tue Sep 03 2002 - 11:38:13 EDT
I don't think anyone is saying IBM is going to replace LVM; it's simply that
Veritas is supported for those customers who want to use it.
Simon Green
Senior Technical Analyst
UNIX and AS400 Services
Philip Morris ITSC-E
Tel: +44 1242 284318
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jolet, John [mailto:John.Jolet@MISYSHEALTHCARE.COM]
> Sent: 03 September 2002 16:13
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: Veritas Foundation Suite on AIX. why?
>
>
> I have to chime in here...i've just been handed a mandate
> that all our new
> systems will be solaris (new managers (sigh)). And there is
> a (unsupported)
> procedure to allow you to have an unencapsulated, but
> mirrored root volume.
> It's NOT a pretty procedure, believe me, and there are at
> least 3 spots
> where a mistype will render your system unbootable. I'm
> fairly impressed
> with the product as such, but compared to the integration of
> the lvm, it's
> worthless. I've heard rumors for years that ibm was going to
> scrap the lvm
> in favor of this nonsense and i've shuddered each time. Solaris 9 is
> supposed to have such features built in, so even SOLARIS
> admins won't be
> using the veritas product as their only option any more. Why
> would ibm
> start?
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