{{Short description|Logical volume manager}} {{Infobox software | name = Veritas Volume Manager | logo = | logo size = | logo caption = | logo alt = | screenshot = <!-- Image name is enough --> | caption = | screenshot alt = | collapsible = | author = | developer = Veritas | released = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | discontinued = | latest_release_version = | latest_release_date = | latest preview version = | latest preview date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | programming language = | operating_system = Windows, Solaris, Linux | platform = | size = | language = | language count = <!-- Number only --> | language footnote = | genre = logical volume manager | license = proprietary | alexa = | standard = | AsOf = }} The '''Veritas Volume Manager''' ('''VVM''' or '''VxVM''') is a proprietary logical volume manager from Veritas (which was part of Symantec until January 2016).
==Details== It is available for Windows, AIX, Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX. A modified version is bundled with HP-UX as its built-in volume manager. It offers volume management and Multipath I/O functionalities (when used with Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing feature). The Veritas Volume Manager Storage Administrator (VMSA) is a GUI manager.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19896-01/875-3115-10/875-3115-10.pdf | title= VERITAS Volume Manager™ 3.1.1 - Administrator’s Guide | access-date=2024-01-04}}</ref>
==Versions== * Veritas Volume Manager 7.4.1 ** Release date (Windows): February 2019<ref name="SFW 2">{{cite web |url = https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/109772639-109772648-0/wxrt-tot_v61341502-109772648 |title = Storage Foundation for Windows Release Details |access-date = 2019-03-19 |publisher = Veritas}}</ref> * Veritas Volume Manager 6.0 ** Release date (Windows): December 2011<ref name="SFW">{{cite web |url = http://www.symantec.com/business/support/release_details.jsp?pid=15227 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130203211435/http://www.symantec.com/business/support/release_details.jsp?pid=15227 |url-status = dead |archive-date = February 3, 2013 |title = Storage Foundation for Windows Release Details |access-date = 2009-09-08 |publisher = Symantec}}</ref> ** Release date (UNIX): December 2011<ref name="SFU">{{cite web |url = http://www.symantec.com/business/support/release_details.jsp?pid=15107 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090626113027/http://www.symantec.com/business/support/release_details.jsp?pid=15107 |url-status = dead |archive-date = June 26, 2009 |title = Storage Foundation for UNIX/Linux Release Details |access-date = 2009-09-08 |publisher = Symantec}}</ref> * Veritas Volume Manager 5.1 ** Release date (Windows): August 2008<ref name="SFW"/> ** Release date (UNIX): December 2009<ref name="SFU"/> * Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 ** Release date (UNIX): August 2006<ref name="SFU"/> ** Release date (Windows): January 2007<ref name="SFW"/> * Veritas Volume Manager 4.1 ** Release date (UNIX): April 2005<ref name="SFU"/> ** Release date (Windows): June 2004<ref name="SFW"/> * Veritas Volume Manager 4.0 ** Release date: February 2004<ref name="SFU"/> * Veritas Volume Manager 3.5 ** Release date: September 2002<ref name="SFU"/> * Veritas Volume Manager 3.2 * Veritas Volume Manager 3.1 ** Release date: August 2000<ref name="VM">{{cite web |url = http://www.symantec.com/business/support/release_details.jsp?pid=15273 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071125161447/http://www.symantec.com/business/support/release_details.jsp?pid=15273 |url-status = dead |archive-date = November 25, 2007 |title = Volume Manager Release Details |access-date = 2009-09-08 |publisher = Symantec}}</ref> * Veritas Volume Manager 3.0
==Litigation== In May 2006, Symantec filed a lawsuit alleging Microsoft leaked trade secrets and violated a contract over code used in Windows Vista. In 1996, Microsoft licensed a version of Veritas Volume Manager for Windows 2000, allowing operating systems to store and modify large amounts of data.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theregister.com/2006/05/19/symantec_vs_microsoft/ |title=Symantec moves to slap Redmond with Vista injunction|last=Williams|first=Christopher|date=2006-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260113193425/https://www.theregister.com/2006/05/19/symantec_vs_microsoft/|archive-date=2026-01-13|access-date=2026-03-30|url-status=live|work=The Register|language=en|df=}}</ref> Symantec acquired Veritas on July 2, 2005, and claimed Microsoft misused their intellectual property to develop functionalities in Windows Server 2003, later Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, which competed with Veritas' Storage Foundation, according to Michael Schallop, the director of legal affairs at Symantec. A representative claims Microsoft bought all "intellectual property rights for all relevant technologies from Veritas in 2004".<ref>{{cite news |url = http://news.cnet.com/Symantec-sues-Microsoft-over-storage-tech/2100-1014_3-6074055.html |title = Symantec sues Microsoft over storage tech |date = 2006-05-18 |author = Joris Evers |access-date = 2009-09-08 |publisher = CNET News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/05/19/216028/Symantec+sues+Microsoft+over+the+use+of+Volume+Manager.htm |title = Symantec sues Microsoft over the use of Volume Manager |access-date = 2007-05-22 |author = Antony Savvas |date= May 19, 2006 |work = ComputerWeekly.com }}</ref> The lawsuit was dropped in 2008; terms were not disclosed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Modine |first=Austin |date=2008-04-03 |title=Symantec drops Microsoft lawsuit |url=https://www.theregister.com/2008/04/03/symantec_drops_microsoft_lawsuit/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260208055222/https://www.theregister.com/2008/04/03/symantec_drops_microsoft_lawsuit/ |archive-date=2026-02-08 |access-date=2026-03-30 |work=The Register |language=en|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also== * Veritas Storage Foundation * Veritas Volume Replicator * Symantec Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Storage software