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Installing Solaris Volume Manager - (Solaris 9)

by Jeff Hunter, Sr. Database Administrator

Volume Manager is included and automatically installed with the Solaris 9 operating environment using either the Entire+OEM, Entire, Developer, or End User install option.

NOTE: Users of Solaris 8 will recall that Solstice DiskSuite 4.2.1 had to be installed manually after installing the Solaris operating environment!

Here is a listing of the packages related to Solaris 9 Volume Manager:

• SUNWmdr - Solaris Volume Manager driver
• SUNWmdu - Solaris Volume Manager commands
• SUNWmdx - Solaris Volume Manager drivers (64-bit)
• SUNWlvma - Solaris Volume Management APIs
• SUNWlvmg - Solaris Volume Management Application
• SUNWlvmr - Solaris Volume Management (root)
• SUNWvolg - Volume Management Graphical User Interface