To display all VGs in server.
# lsvg
To display all active VGs in server.
# lsvg -o
To display complete information about rootvg.
# lsvg rootvg
To display information about all LVs in rootvg.
# lsvg -l rootvg
To display information about all LVs in all VGs.
# lsvg -o |lsvg -il
To display information about all PVs in rootvg.
# lsvg -p rootvg
Create VG with name testvg on hdisk1 with physical partition size 256MB.
# mkvg -y testvg -s 256 hdisk1
Create VG with name oravg on hdiskXX with partition size 512MB.
# mkvg -s 512 -y oravg hdiskXX
Create BIG Volume Group.
# mkvg -B -y bigvg -s 512 hdisk1
Create scalable VG with name testvg.
# mkvg -S -y testvg -s 512 hdisk1
Create testvg on hdisk1 with PP size 4 and no of partions 2 * 1016.
# mkvg -s 4 -t 2 -y testvg hdisk1
To change VG newvg automatically activated at startup.
# chvg -a y newvg
To deactivate the automatic activation at startup.
# chvg -a n newvg
To change maximum no. of PP to 2032 on vg newvg.
# chvg -t 2 newvg
To disable quorum on VG newvg.
# chvg -Q n newvg
To reorganises PP allocation of VG newvg.
# reorgvg newvg
To add PV hdisk3 and hdisk4 to VG newvg.
# extendvg newvg hdisk3 hdisk4
To Export the VG newvg.
# exportvg newvg
To import the hdisk2 with name newvg, and assign major number 44.
# importvg -V 44 -y newvg hdisk2
To remove PV hdisk3 from VG newvg.
# redcucevg newvg hdisk3
To deactviate VG newvg.
# varyoffvg newvg
To activate VG newvg.
# varyonvg newvg
To sync the mirrored LV in the VG oravg.
# syncvg -v oravg
To mirror lv’s of sivg with hdisk2(-m for extract mirror,-S for forbackground miror).
# mirrorvg –S –m sivg hdisk2
To remove the mirrored PV from the set.
# unmirrorvg sivg hdisk2
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