The following tables show many tasks that help manage logical volume
storage. The tables group tasks by those that primarily affect logical and
physical volumes and those that primarily affect file systems. More
complicated tasks are described in subsequent sections of this chapter.
Managing Logical Volumes and Storage Tasks |
Web-based System Manager: wsm lvm
fast path (Volumes application)
-OR- |
Task |
SMIT Fast Path |
Command or File |
Add a logical volumeNote1
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smit mklv |
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Add a volume group
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smit mkvg |
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Activate a volume group
|
smit varyonvg |
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Add and activate a new volume group
|
smit mkvg |
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Add fixed disk without data to existing volume group
|
smit extendvg |
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Add fixed disk without data to new volume group
|
smit mkvg |
|
Change name of volume group
Note2
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- smit varyoffvg
- smit exportvg
- smit importvg
- smit mountfs
|
- varyoffvg OldVGName
- exportvg OldVGName
- importvg NewVGName
- mount all
|
Check size of a logical volume
|
smit lslv |
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Copy a logical volume to a new logical volumeNote3
|
smit cplv |
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Copy a logical volume to an
existing logical volume of the same sizeAttn1
|
smit cplv |
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Copy a logical volume to an existing logical
volume of smaller sizeAttn1
,Note3
|
Do not use SMITAttn2 |
- Create logical volume. For example:
mklv -y hdX
vg00 4
- Create new files system on new logical volume.
For example: crfs -v jfs -d hdX -m /doc -A yes
- Mount file system. For example:
mount /doc
- Create directory at new mount point. For example:
mkdir /doc/options
- Transfer files system from source to destination
logical volume.
For example: cp -R /usr/adam/oldoptions/* /doc/options
|
Copy a logical volume to an existing logical
volume of larger sizeAttn1
|
smit cplv |
|
Deactivate a volume group
|
smit varyoffvg |
|
Implement mirroring and data allocation
|
smit mklvcopy |
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Implement mirroring only
|
smit mklvcopy |
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Implement data allocation only
|
smit chlv1 |
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Implement write-verify and scheduling
|
smit chlv1 |
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Increase the maximum size of a logical volume
|
smit chlv1 |
|
Increase the size of a logical volume
|
smit lsvc |
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List all logical volumes by volume group
|
smit lslv2 |
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List all physical volumes in system
|
smit lspv2 |
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List contents of a physical volume
|
smit lspv |
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List all volume groups
|
smit lsvg2 |
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List contents of a volume group
|
smit lsvg1 |
|
Power off a disk
|
smit offdsk |
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Power on a removable disk
|
smit ondsk |
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Remove a volume group
|
smit reducevg2 |
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Remove a disk with data from the operating system
|
smit exportvgrds |
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Remove a disk without data from the operating system
|
smit reducevgrds |
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Reorganize a volume group
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smit reorgvg |
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Set automatic activation for a volume group
|
smit chvg |
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Set logical volume policies
|
smit chlv1 |
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Unconfigure and power off a disk
|
smit rmvdsk1 or smit rmvdsk then smit opendoor |
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