Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Administering a System: Managing Disks and Files
Managing Disks
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Creating a physical volume for use in a volume
group.
pvcreate (1M)
Displaying information about physical volumes
in a volume group.
pvdisplay (1M)
Moving data from one physical volume to
another.
pvmove (1M)
Removing a physical volume from LVM control. pvremove (1M)
Table 6-2 Commands Needed for Physical Volume Management Tasks
Task
Commands
Needed
Table 6-3 Commands Needed for Volume Group Management Tasks
Task Commands Needed
Creating a volume group.
vgcreate (1M)
ab
Removing volume group.
vgremove (1M)
c
Activating, deactivating, or changing the
characteristics of a volume group.
vgchange (1M)
Backing up volume group configuration
information.
vgcfgbackup (1M)
d
Restoring volume group configuration from a
configuration file.
vgcfgrestore (1M)
Displaying information about volume group. vgdisplay (1M)
Exporting a volume group and its associated
logical volumes.
vgexport (1M)
Importing a volume group onto the system;
also adds an existing volume group back into
/etc/lvmtab.
vgimport (1M)
e