======================================================= AIX: Creating physical volumes ======================================================= :Title: AIX: Creating physical volumes :Author: Douglas O'Leary :Description: AIX: Creating physical volumes :Date created: 05/1999 :Date updated: 06/2000 :Disclaimer: Standard: Use the information that follows at your own risk. If you screw up a system, don't blame it on me... * Check for existing pvids. If a disk already has a pv, you don't have to run the command to put a VGID on the disk - it's already got one. Doing so won't impact anything, just be a waste of time:: # lspv hdisk0 000c387d004c3866 rootvg hdisk1 000c387d60617ba5 rootvg hdisk2 000c387d60617bda rootvg hdisk3 000c387d60617c0a rootvg hdisk4 none None hdisk5 none None hdisk6 none None * Create the vgid:: chpv -l hdisk6 -a pv=yes