LVM in IBM AIX and HP UX

Volume Group Creation:

# mkvg -y <VG name> -s <Size of PP> <Physical Volumes>  : AIX

# vgcreate -n <VG name> <Physical Volumes> : HP_UX

Physical Volume Creation:

# mkdev -l hdisk# : Intialize a physical volume : AIX

# pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c#t#d# : Create a physical volume : HP_UX

Logical Volume Creation:

# mklv -t  <Filesystem type> -y <Logical volume name> <Volume group name> <No.of PP's>  <Physical Volume Name> : AIX

# lvcreate -L <Size in MB> -n <Logical volume name> <Volume group name with the location> : HP_UX

File System Creation:

# crfs -v <Filesystem type> -d <Logical volume name> -m <Mount point> -A y/n : AIX

# newfs -F vxfs <Location of a Raw Logical volume name> : HP_UX

Mount Point:

# mount <Logical Volume Name> <Mount Point> : Same in AIX and HP_UX.