AIX VG

AIX Short Notes


LVM:

VG: One or more PVs can make up a VG.

Within each volume group one or more logical volumes can be defined.

VGDA(Volume group descriptor area) is an area on the disk that contains information pertinent to the vg that the PV belongs to. It also includes information about the properties and status of all physical and logical volumes that are part of the vg.

VGSA(Volume group status area) is used to describe the state of all PPs from all physical volumes within a volume group. VGSA indicates if a physical partition contains accurate or stale information.

LVCB(Logical volume control block) contains important information about the logical volume, such as the no. of logical partitions or disk allocation policy.