Mar 3, 2021 · This Technote is about limitations of each AIX Volume Group types which are Small (also known as Regular, Original, Normal or Standard VG), Big and Scalable and the …

A standard or normal VG is no more than 1016 physical partitions (PPs) per PV and has an upper limit of 256 logical volumes (LVs) per VG. Subsequently, a new VG type was introduced which …

Uses C-SPOC to run the chvg command with the specified parameters and make the updated volume group definition available on all cluster nodes. Changes the volume group to Big VG …

Jul 17, 2012 · The –B flag creates a “big” volume group. A regular format VG has an LV limit of 256. The big VG format has a limit of 512. 1. In our case we have one disk left unassigned …

Changes the volume group to Big VG format. This can accommodate up to 128 physical volumes and 512 logical volumes. For more information about the Big VG format, see the mkvg command.

May 22, 2017 · The main barriers people hit with original and big volume groups is the limit on the maximum number of disks in the volume group ("MAX PVs") and the limit on how many PP's …

Mar 16, 2018 · Changing Normal VG to Big VG: If you reached the MAX PV limit of a Normal VG and playing with the factor (chvg -t) is not possible anymore you can convert it to Big VG. It is …

Mar 12, 2013 · For AIX Version 5.1, use Method 1 to convert the VG to Big format. For AIX Version 5.2 and above, use Method 2 to convert the VG to Big format. Arrange for the outage …

Feb 7, 2007 · In AIX Unix operating system, when you try to create a volume group (vg) or alter and change a vg, there are options or flags of Concurrent Capable (or Enhanced Concurrent …

Jun 25, 2012 · To convert a standard VG to big VG format every physical volume in the volume group needs at least one free physical partiton. The volume group myvg contains 4 physical …