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Physical Volumes and Volume Groups
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System Management
Physical Volumes and Volume Groups
chpv Changes the characteristics of a physical volume in a volume group.
chvg Sets the characteristics of a volume group.
exportvg Exports the definition of a volume group from a set of physical volumes.
extendvg Adds physical volumes to a volume group.
fileplace Displays the placement of file blocks within logical or physical volumes.
format Formats either diskettes or read/write optical media disks.
importvg Imports a new volume group definition from a set of physical volumes.
joinvg Joins a snapshot volume group back into its orginal volume group.
listvgbackup Lists or restores the contents of a volume group backup on a specified media.
lspv Displays information about a physical volume within a volume group.
lsvg Displays information about volume groups.
lvmstat Reports input/output statistics for logical partitions, logical volumes and volume groups.
migratelp Moves allocated logical partition from one physical partition to another physical partition on a different physical volume.
migratepv Moves allocated physical partitions from one physical volume to one or more other physical volumes.
mirrorvg Mirrors all the logical volumes that exist on a given volume group. This command only applies to AIX 4.2.1 or later.
mkvg Creates a volume group.
mkvgdata Creates a file containing information about a volume group for use by the savevg and restvg commands.
recreatevg Recreates a volume group that already exists on a specified set of disks. Imports and varies on the volume group.
redefinevg Redefines the set of physical volumes of the given volume group in the device configuration database.
reducevg Removes physical volumes from a volume group. When all physical volumes are removed from the volume group, the volume group is deleted.
reorgvg Reorganizes the physical partition allocation for a volume group.
replacepv Replaces a physical volume in a volume group with another physical volume.
restorevgfiles Restores files from a backup source.
restvg Restores the user volume group and all its containers and files.
savevg Finds and backs up all files belonging to a specified volume group.
splitvg Splits a single mirror copy of a fully mirrored volume group.
syncvg Synchronizes logical volume copies that are not current.
unmirrorvg Removes the mirrors that exist on volume groups or specified disks. This command only applies to AIX 4.2.1 or later.
varyoffvg Deactivates a volume group.
varyonvg Activates a volume group.