HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Logical Volume Management HP-UX 11i v3 (B3921-90053 September 2011) Transform used: ESS version 2.2

Management Commands” (page 39), and “Logical Volume Management Commands”
(page 40).
The following tables provide an overview of which commands perform a given task. For more
information, see the LVM individual manpages.
Table 4 Physical Volume Management Commands
CommandTask
pvchangeChanging the characteristics of a physical volume in a volume group
pvcreateCreating a physical volume for use in a volume group
pvdisplayDisplaying information about physical volumes in a volume group
pvmoveMoving data from one physical volume to another
pvremoveRemoving a physical volume from LVM control
pvck
1
Checking or repairing a physical volume
lvmchkChecking if a disk volume is under LVM control
1 The pvck command is not supported on Version 2.x volume groups.
Table 5 Volume Group Management Commands
CommandTask
vgcreateCreating a volume group
vgremoveRemoving a volume group
vgchangeActivating, deactivating, or changing the characteristics of a volume group
vgmodifyModifying the configuration parameters of a volume group; handling
physical volume size changes
vgcfgbackupBacking up volume group configuration information
vgcfgrestoreRestoring volume group configuration from a configuration file
vgdisplayDisplaying information about volume groups
vgexportExporting a volume group and its associated logical volumes
vgimportImporting a volume group onto the system; adding an existing volume group
back into the LVM configuration files
vgscanScanning all physical volumes for logical volumes and volume groups;
recovering the LVM configuration files
vgextendAdding a disk to a volume group
vgreduceRemoving a disk from a volume group
vgsyncSynchronizing mirrored logical volumes in a volume group
vgchgidModifying the volume group ID on a physical volume
vgdsfMigrating a volume group from legacy to persistent device files
vgcdsf
1
Converting persistent device special files in a volume group to cluster device
special files. (See note after table.)
lvmadmDisplaying limits associated with a volume group version
lvmpudHandling online shared LVM reconfiguration, and pre-allocation of extents
for space-efficient snapshots
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