From: Goerke, Michael (Michael.Goerke@IUE.it)
Date: Mon Nov 25 2002 - 14:06:50 EST
I just got the appended e-mail and find it very useful.
So I add it to the summary.
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Michael Goerke, European University Institute, Computing Service
Via Boccaccio 121, 50133 Firenze, Italy
phone: +39 055 4685-531 (voice), 4685-205 (fax)
email: michael.goerke@iue.it
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard L. Rhodes [mailto:rhodesr@firstenergycorp.com]
> Sent: 25 November 2002 14:39
> To: Goerke, Michael
> Subject: Re: [HPADM] Summary - LVM and file systems on HP-UX 11i
>
>
> On 25 Nov 2002 at 13:02, Goerke, Michael wrote:
>
> > Well, it seems as if the Veritas Volume Manager isn't
> > liked very much among you - nearly everybody states that
> > it would be very complicated to use, and only useful in
> > complex environments/configurations. Suggestion is to
> > use LVM with Online JFM, thanks for your replies:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Just got back after being gone for a while, and saw your post.
>
> We are using hpux 11i with vxvm. Actually, we've purchased the
> Veritas foundation suite to get full capability. I agree with the
> comment that it is not fully integrated into hpux at this time. I
> disagree that it is more complicated. Most of us around here come
> from a IBM/AIX background and are new to hpux, so we have biases
> toward a volume manager that basically takes care of everything for
> you. After going to hpux class for experienced admins (an excellent
> class!), we were very disappointed with LVM. We couldn't believe
> what it required you to go through to create a volume group and
> logical volumes. THese things did NOT cause us to spend money on
> veritas. We ended up purchasing it because of the re-layout feature.
> In this case, I agree with the above comment that we are a
> "complicated" environment. Having no experience with with either
> veritas or lvm, I don't think that one is easier or harder - they
> each have a learning curve associated with them. Veritas is
> definetely non-mainstream in the hpux environment. Our Sun people
> have been using vxvm/vxfs for many years. They refuse to use sun's
> own volume manager and filesystems.
>
> For what it's worth . . . .
>
> Rick
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