Common Solaris and AIX logical volume management tasks
The following is a list of tasks that are used when performing logical volume management in Solaris and AIX. The information in this table includes Solaris 8 and the Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM). IBM includes its Logical Volume Manager (LVM) in AIX Version 4.3.3.
| Task | Solaris 8 | AIX 4.3.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Run multiple tasks in a GUI environment | vxva | smit smitty wsm |
| Move logical volume to another physical volume | vxassist move | migratepv |
| Create logical volume | vxassist make | mklv |
| Extend logical volume | vxassist growto | extendlv |
| Remove logical volume | vxedit rm | rmlv |
| Setup sysboot info on VM disk | vxbootsetup | - |
| Manage VM disks | vxdisk | - |
| Create volume group | vxdg init | mkvg |
| Remove disk from volume group | vxdg rmdisk | reducevg |
| Add disks under volume manager | vxdiskadd | extendvg |
| Administer disks | vxdiskadm | reducevg extendvg |
| Setup disks | vxdisksetup | extendvg |
| Change logical volume settings | vxedit set | chlv |
| Create config records for state structures | vxmake | mkvg mklv |
| Manage plexes or volume groups | vxplex | chvg mkvg |
| Show volume group | vxprint | lsvg |
| Change size of volume | vxresize | lchangelv |
| Manage subdisk or phys volume | vxsd | chpv |
| Show storage stats/structure | vxstat | lspv lsvg lslv |
| Manage volume | vxvol | chlv mklv rmlv |