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 |