Commonly used LVM procedures
| Create a new volume group, logical volume and filesystem |
pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0 |
| Create a stripped filesystem |
lvcreate -i 3 -I 32 -L 24 -n lvol1 /dev/vg01 -i number of stripes |
| Mirror root and swap disk |
pvcreate -B /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0 setboot -a 8/8.6.0 |
| replace a non-mirrored disk |
lvreduce -m 0 -A n /dev/vg01/lvol1 /dev/dsk/cxtxdx vgcfgrestore -n /dev/vgXX /dev/rdsk/cxtxdx Notes: |
| replace a mirrored disk |
vgcfgrestore -n /devvgXX /dev/rdsk/cxtxdx Notes: |
| replace mirrored boot disk |
vgcfgrestore -n /dev/vg00 /dev/rdsk/cxtxdx Notes: |
| export and import a volume group |
System One: System two: |
| extend VxFS file ssytem using onlineJFS | lvextend -L 800 /dev/vg01/lvol1 fsadm -F vxfs -b 800M /ora_data01 |
| change a logical volume to support largefiles | fsadm -F vxfs -o largefiles /dev/vg01/rlvol1 |
| display the boot area | lifls -Clv /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 |
| display boot information | lvlnboot -v /dev/vg00 |
| display all disks in the system | ioscan -funC disk |
| make a dump device | lvchange -C y /dev/vg00/dump (makes it contiguous) lvlnboot -d /dev/vg00/dump |
| display dump devices | lvlnboot -v |
Search and install
yaourt [keywords]: quick search + install
yaourt -S [packages] : install package, Compile it from AUR if needed
yaourt -Ss [keywords] : search on repos and on AUR (with notice for already installed packages)
yaourt -Sb [packages] : install a packages by compilation from sources (abs)
yaourt -Sl [repos] : prompt for packages of the selected repos (emphasize those already installed)
yaourt -Qs [keywords] : colorized ouput of installed packages and the repos where they come from
yaourt -Qo [progname] or [filename] : shows the package which provides the program or the file
Updgrade:
yaourt -Syu : complete update and upgrade of the system (onlys from repos)
yaourt -Syu –aur : complete update and upgrade, even for packages coming from AUR
yaourt -Sybu –aur : complete update and upgrade by compilation of all packages (repos and AUR)
yaourt -Su –devel : update and upgrade of cvs/svn/mercurial/git packages
Cleaning:
yaourt -C : editing and merging of .pacnew/.pacsave
yaourt -Cc : removal of all .pacnew/.pacsave
yaourt -Qt : search for orphaned packages
yaourt -Cd : search for obsolete repos
Other options:
–export [directory] : exports compiled packages for gensync
yaourt -S –aur [packages] : forces compilation from AUR for a packages which is also in repos
yaourt -G [packages] : retrive PKGBUILD and local sources in current directory.
yaourt -B : backup the pacman database
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