What is PV and VG

[Prasad Joshi]

Hi All,

Can any one give me details of PV and VG

Thanks.
Prasad

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Prasad,

PV :- Physical Volume, It refers to hard disks connected to your system.

VG :- Volume Group which comprises of a many volumes.

-Arun

[Muthukumar_5]

PV - Physical volume. connectivity to physical disk(s)

VG - Volume group. A set of logical volumes to share the shared disk space.

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Muthu

[Devender Khatana · Accepted solution]

Hi,

It seems you are getting started with LVM. Attached is a rich document FYI.

HTH,
Devender

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Prasad:

The 'lvm(7)' manpages provide a good, brief summary of the LVM structure and commands.

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60127/lvm.7.html

For a deeper understanding of "how to", see the "Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators" guide, chapter-6:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90950/B2355-90950.pdf

Regards!

...JRF...

[Prasad Joshi]

Hi All,

I will read the attached document.

Thanks & regards.
Prasad