AIX - Add, change, and delete:

Volume groups
Logical volumes
Physical volumes
Describe mirroring
Describe striping


Logical Volume Manager

# smit lvm

Logical Volume Manager
Move cursor to desired item and press Enter.

Volume Groups
Logical Volumes
Physical Volumes
Paging Space

F1=Help F2=Refresh F3=Cancel F8=Image
F9=Shell F10=Exit Enter=Do


Volume Groups

Physical Volume (PV)
-Hard disk

Volume Group (VG)
-Collection of related disks (PVs)

SMIT Volume Groups Menu


# smit vg

Volume Groups
Move cursor to desired item and press Enter.

-List All Volume Groups
-Add a Volume Group
-Set Characteristics of a Volume Group
-List Contents of a Volume Group
-Remove a Volume Group
-Activate a Volume Group
-Deactivate a Volume Group
-Import a Volume Group
-Export a Volume Group
-Mirror a Volume Group
-Unmirror a Volume Group
-Synchronize LVM Mirrors
-Back Up a Volume Group
-Remake a Volume Group
-Preview Information about a Backup
-Verify the Readability of a Backup (Tape only)
-View the Backup Log
-List Files in a Volume Group Backup
-Restore Files in a Volume Group Backup

F1=Help F2=Refresh F3=Cancel F8=Image
F9=Shell F10=Exit Enter=Do

List All Volume Groups
# lsvg
rootvg
payrollvg
# lsvg -o
rootvg

List Volume Group Contents

# lsvg rootvg

VOLUME GROUP: rootvg VG IDENTIFIER: 000bc6fd00004c00000000e10fdd7f52
VG STATE: active PP SIZE: 16 megabyte(s)
VG PERMISSION: read/write TOTAL PPs: 1084 (17344 megabytes)
MAX LVs: 256 FREE PPs: 1032 (16512 megabytes)
LVs: 11 USED PPs: 52 (832 megabytes)
OPEN LVs: 10 QUORUM: 2
TOTAL PVs: 2 VG DESCRIPTORS: 3
STALE PVs: 0 STALE PPs: 0
ACTIVE PVs: 2 AUTO ON: yes
MAX PPs per VG: 32512
MAX PPs per PV: 1016 MAX PVs: 32
LTG size (Dynamic): 256 kilobyte(s) AUTO SYNC: no
HOT SPARE: no BB POLICY: relocatable

List Volume Group Information (Physical Volumes)
# lsvg -p rootvg
rootvg:
PV_NAME PV STATE TOTAL PPs FREE PPs FREE DISTRIBUTION
hdisk0 active 159 52 24..00..00..00..28
hdisk1 active 159 78 32..02..00..12..32

List Volume Group Information (Logical Volumes)
# lsvg -l rootvg
rootvg:
LVNAME TYPE LPs PPs PVs LV STATE MOUNT POINT
hd6 paging 8 8 1 open/syncd N/A
hd5 boot 1 1 1 closed/syncd N/A
hd8 jfslog 1 1 1 open/syncd N/A
hd9var jfs 1 1 1 open/syncd /var
hd4 jfs 1 1 1 open/syncd /
hd2 jfs 77 77 1 open/syncd /usr
hd3 jfs 3 3 1 open/syncd /tmp
hd1 jfs 11 11 1 open/syncd /home
hd10opt jfs 2 2 1 open/syncd /opt
lv00 jfs2 1 2 2 open/syncd /home/john
lv01 jfs2 4 4 2 open/syncd /home/fred