Tag Archives: vgda

Volume Group Descriptor Area (VGDA)

Posted on February 13, 2015 by UNIX Admin

Information about all the LVs and PVs within a VG. The first 64K of a PV is reserved for this area – defined in <sys/bootrecord.h>. The VGDA consists of BOOTRECORD: – first 512 bytes. Allows the Read Only System (ROS) … Continue reading →

Volume Group Characteristics

Posted on February 13, 2015 by UNIX Admin

You can find below the meaning of each parameter on Volume Group Characteristics (the output from lsvg vg command):   Volume Group: Name of Volume Group. VG State: active/partial. Partial indicates that some of the Physical Volumes in the Volume … Continue reading →