NAME

svm - manipulate, look in, create Solaris Volume Manager objects

SYNOPSIS

    svm [-c] [-D datadir] [-i id] command ...

Options

  [-D <datadir>] :         datadir is the director where the data will be read
                           from
  [-c] :                   turn coloured output on
  [-h] :                   show this help text
  [-i <newdevid>] :        use newdevid as new metadevice id
                           instead of first avail.

Commands

  showpart               : show partitions of all the disks involved
  getnextdev             : retrieve the next free device
  isdevfree [d]num       : is the device <dnum> free ?
  showconfig             : view all the config
  showsp [<dev|slice>+]  : view all devices on device or slices
  getphysdevs <dev>      : show physical device(s) underlying
                           a SVM device
  getsubdevs <dev>       : show underlying device(s) for a SVM device
  explaindev <dev>       : tries to explain a SVM device in pure english

  mpondev <dev>          : mount point on <dev>
  mpondisk <disk>        : mount point on <disk> (in a form present
                           in SVM)

  devs4mp </mountpoint>  : what are the devices
                           underlying a mount point
  disks4mp </mountpoint> : what are the physical devices
                           underlying a mount point

DESCRIPTION

svm is a tool that reads from various sources your SDS/SVM configuration

Commands giving information about SVM config

`explaindev` device

explaindev prints a plain english description of the device.

`getsize` device

getsize prints the size of a device.

`showconfig`

showconfig essentially prints the explaindev string for all devices in the SVM configuration.

`getphysdev` device [device...]

getphysdev prints out the physical device(s) underlying an SVM device.

`getnextdev`

getnextdev prints out the next free device. It does not take into account holes in the device list.

`isdevfree` device

isdevfree prints the status (free or not free) for the given device.

`showpart` disk

showpart prints out the partitions for the specified disk(s). If no disk is specified, all disks partitions are printed.

`showsp` softpart_container

showsp prints out the soft partitions for the specified soft partition container. If no container is specified, all soft-partitions for all containers (either device or disk slice) are printed.