6.
Enter or select values for the following fields:
Volume Group name (the volume group can contain multiple hdisk devices)
Physical partition size in megabytes, see
Physical Volume names
To enter values, place the cursor in the field and type the value.
To select values, place the cursor in the field and press F4.
Example
Type or select values in entry fields.
Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes.
[Entry Fields]
VOLUME GROUP name
Physical partition SIZE in megabytes
PHYSICAL VOLUME names
Activate volume group AUTOMATICALLY
at system restart?
Volume Group MAJOR NUMBER
7.
Enter yes or no in the Activate volume group AUTOMATICALLY at system restart? field.
If you are not using HACMP (High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing) or HAGEO (High
Availability Geographic), enter yes.
If you are using HACMP and/or HAGEO, enter no.
8.
Press Enter when you have entered the values. The confirmation screen appears.
Example
ARE YOU SURE?
Continuing may delete information you may want
to keep. This is your last chance to stop
before continuing.
Press Enter to continue.
Press Cancel to return to the applications.
9.
Press Enter again.
The Command Status screen appears. To ensure the devices have been assigned to a volume
group, wait for OK to appear on the Command Status line.
10.
Repeat these steps for each volume group needed.
Creating the journaled file systems
Create the journaled file systems using the System Manager Information Tool (SMIT). This operation
is not required when the volumes are used as raw devices. The largest file system permitted in AIX is
64 GB.
1.
Start SMIT.
"Physical partition size
table" on page 44
[vg01]
4
[hdisk1]
yes
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