Answer / sbrahman75

This is used to bring the disk under volume manager , which
are already present in the system with data but without
volume manager . Data on these disks are not disturbed and
if these disks meets certain volume manager requirements
these are added under volume manager

Answer / meraj

i think encapsulation deals with bringing the /root)
and /usr filesystem under volume manager and its highly
recommended.

Answer / venkat

encapsulation is a one type of method in Veritas Volume Manager.Which is used to take disk under control of Veritas with out loosing existing data.
In encapsulation we are using sliced format.

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