03-24-2005
unix is pretty much the same across flavors.
I would suggest making sure you know UNIX very well. So the differences in platform wont matter as much and your learning curve will be smaller. IF you are an expert in one flavor, learning another is not that hard.
With that said, most flavors differ in how they handle disk management and device definitions.
I am not familiar with Redhat, but between Solaris and HPUX, some of the main differences are, but not limited to:
1) Filesystem layout is slightly different.
2) some system files are named differently.
3) devices are named and differently, with additional different directory structure.
4) Solaris primarily uses Veritas VXVM and FS which is a huge improvement on many volume (disk) managers and filesystem managers. HPUX uses mostly LVM (included)but most run JFS online which is a lesser brother to Veritas and can also run the Veritas product very well.
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vxsplitlines
vxsplitlines(1M) vxsplitlines(1M)
NAME
vxsplitlines - show disks with conflicting configuration copies in a cluster
SYNOPSIS
vxsplitlines [-g diskgroup] [-c daname]
DESCRIPTION
If you import portions of a disk group on different systems, this can lead to conflicting configuration copies on the disks of the disk
group.
If the configuration information in a disk group is ambiguous, it may not be possible for Veritas Volume Manager to determine which config-
uration copy is most up-to-date. (This is usually termed a serial split brain (SSB) condition when it occurs in a cluster.) You cannot
import a disk group in this state unless you specify which disk's configuration copy to use.
You can use the vxsplitlines command to see which disks in a disk group have conflicting configuration copies, and use this information
together with your knowledge of the history of the disk groups' usage to determine which configuration copy is most valid.
The output from vxsplitlines displays the vxdg commands that you can run to import the disk group using the available configuration copies.
The -o selectcp option of the vxdg import command is used to select the configuration copy to use for the import.
OPTIONS
-c daname Display the SSB IDs for each disk that are stored in the configuration copy on the disk specified by its disk access name.
Note: Although the SSB IDs for some disks may match, this does not necessarily mean that those disks' configuration copies have
recorded all the configuration changes. When viewed from some other configuration copies, the SSB IDs of the same disks may not
match.
-g diskgroup
Specifies the disk group. If a disk group is not specified, the default disk group is used as determined from the rules on the
vxdg(1M) manual page.
EXAMPLES
Display the disks on each side of the split in the disk group newdg:
vxsplitlines -g newdg
Display the SSB IDs stored in the configuration copy on disk c2t4d0:
vxsplitlines -g newdg -c c2t4d0
NOTES
The vxsplitlines is primarily intended to be used with private disk groups, but it also works with shared disk groups.
The version number of the disk group must be 110 or greater.
SEE ALSO
vxdg(1M)
Veritas Volume Manager Administrator's Guide
VxVM 5.0.31.1 24 Mar 2008 vxsplitlines(1M)