Is it just the idea of a virtual volume that you don't like, or do you have another volume manager you like? Last time I looked, the dynamic disks functionality in Windows is based on a stripped down version of VxVM.
--- W. Curtis Preston Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WEAVER, Simon (external) Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:35 AM To: Ed Wilts Cc: [email protected]; Paul Keating Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 index size Ed I use Robocopy alot, but I feel that the product may have been ill-advised by someone who thought we needed the product, when clearly we have proven this is not the case. Robocopy and Diskpart :-) works like a charm! ________________________________ From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 1:22 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external) Cc: Paul Keating; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 index size On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:27 AM, WEAVER, Simon (external) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Personally, I am not a fan of Veritas Volume Manager, and I certainly cannot recommend it. That's because you're a Windows guy and the product certainly doesn't function on Windows like it does on Unix. If you're a Unix guy, you'll see the limitations of Windows and its lack of a volume manager very quickly. My catalog is in a volume manager and yes, we've grown it. We've bounced a lot of our storage around between SAN frames as well as expanded volumes. On the other hand, my Windows admins do nothing but bitch and moan when they have to do the same thing. Linux, HP-UX, Solaris, VMS - all move data nicely around. Windows, well, just say no. Robocopy is not an alternative to a volume manager :-) .../Ed -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Keating Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 5:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 index size Build your catalog filesytem using a Logical Volume Manager, such as Veritas Volume Manager (Storage Foundations) on a SAN attached LUN. As your catalog grows you can grow both the LUN and the filesystem hot, without an outage. Or, if you have availability of a recent Enterprise class array such as the HDS USP-V, you can build it on a DP (Dynamic provisioned) LUN (aka thin provisioning) The array presents your server with a large fixed size LUN, even several terabytes, but only occupies as much disk space as needed, initially, then auto allocates disk as needed. Personally, I'd just go the volume manager route. Paul -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 REGISTERED OFFICE:- Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England
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