vgcreate

Creates volume groups in HP-UX LVM.

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Syntax

$vgcreate [OPTIONS] [VOLUME_GROUP] [PHYSICAL_VOLUMES]

Examples

$vgcreate /dev/vg01 /dev/dsk/c0t1d0

Examples

$vgcreate -s 16 /dev/vg01 /dev/dsk/c0t1d0

Typical use cases

Run

vgcreate /dev/vg01 /dev/dsk/c0t1d0

Run

vgcreate -s 16 /dev/vg01 /dev/dsk/c0t1d0

Documentation

man vgcreate

Note HP-UX LVM Volume Group Creation.

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