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Logical Volume Management (LVM)
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System Management
Logical Volume Management (LVM)
chlv Changes only the characteristics of a logical volume.
chlvcopy Marks or unmarks mirror copy as a split mirror.
cplv Copies the contents of a logical volume to a new logical volume.
extendlv Increases the size of a logical volume by adding unallocated physical partitions from within the volume group.
fileplace Displays the placement of file blocks within logical or physical volumes.
logform Initializes a logical volume for use as a Journaled File System (JFS) or Enhanced Journaled File System (JFS2) log.
lslv Displays information about a logical volume.
lvmstat Reports input/output statistics for logical partitions, logical volumes and volume groups.
mklv Creates a logical volume.
mklvcopy Provides copies of data within the logical volume.
readlvcopy Reads a specific mirror copy of a logical volume.
rmlv Removes logical volumes from a volume group.
rmlvcopy Removes copies from a logical volume.
splitlvcopy Splits copies from one logical volume and creates a new logical volume from them.
synclvodm Synchronizes or rebuilds the logical volume control block, the device configuration database, and the volume group descriptor areas on the physical volumes.