Volume Group Operations
Volume Group Operations:
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Start smit/smitty a top level menu for volume groups
smit lvm
List all volume groups on system
Usage: lsvg [-o] [[-L] -n PVname]
lsvg [-L] [-i] [-M | -l | -p] VGname...
List all active (varied on) volume groups
lsvg -o
List volume group attributes (size, PP size, Free, Used...)
lsvg volumegroup
List all logical volumes in a volume group
lsvg -l volumegroup
List physical volumes in volume group
lsvg -p volumegroup
List physical mapping of volume group
lsvg -M volumegroup
Add a volume group
smit vg
mkvg -f -y vgname hdisk# [hdisk# hdisk#]
Usage: mkvg [-d MaxPVs] [-B] [-G] [-f] [-c] [-x] [-i] [-s PPsize] [-n]
[-m MaxPVsize | -t factor] [-V MajorNumber] [-y VGname] PVname...
Change a volume group
smit chvg
chvg options vgname
Usage: chvg [-a Auto on] [-Q quorum] [-u] [-c | -l] [-x] [-t [factor]] [ -B ] VGname...
Remove a volume group
smit reducevg
reducevg -df vgname hdisk
Usage: reducevg [-d] [-f] VGname PVname...
Activate a volume group
smit varyonvg
varryonvg vgname
Usage: varyonvg [-f] [-n] [-s] [-c] [-b] [-r] [-p] VGname
Deactivate a volume group
smit varyoffvg
varyoffvg vgname
Usage: varyoffvg [-s] VGname
Import a volume group
smit importvg
importvg -y vgname hdisk#
Usage: importvg [ [ [-V MajorNumber] [-y VGname] [-f] [-c] [-x] ] | [-L VGname] ] [-n] [-F] [-R] PVname
Export a volume group
smit exportvg
exportvg vgname
Usage: exportvg VGname
Mirror volume group
smit mirrorvg
mirrorvg vgname hdisk#
Usage: mirrorvg [-S | -s] [-Q] [-c Copies] [-m] VGname [PVname...]
Unmirror volume group
smit unmirrorvg
unmirrorvg vgname
Usage: unmirrorvg [-c Copies] VGname [PVname...]
Synchronize all physical partitions in a mirrored volume group
smit syncvg_vg
syncvg -v -f rootvg
Usage: /usr/sbin/syncvg [-i] [-f] [-H] [-P NumParalleLPs] {-l|-p|-v} Name
Synchronize all physical partitions in a mirrored logical volume
smit syncvg_lv
syncvg -l -f lvname
Synchronize all physical partitions by physical disk
smit syncvg_pv
syncvg -p -f pvname