Basic Command of AIX

PV (Physical Volume): Hard Disk is called as a Physical Volume in AIX

# cfgmgr                       Command is used to add devices to the system.

# lsdev –l hdisk1                            to

# chdev –l hdisk1 –a pv=clear        to clear PID

# chdev –l hdisk1 –a pv=yes           to create PID

# chdev –l inet0 –a hostname=Name         to change hostname

# mkvg –y vgname hdisk                               to Create Volume Group

# mklv –y lvname –t jfs2 vgname size         to create Logical Volume

# crfs –v jfs2 –d lvname –m /mountpoint   to create file system

# lsdev –p                                   to view predefined devices

# lsdev –Cc                                 to view customized devices

# lsattr                                         to attribute  

# lscfg –l                                      to view configuration

# lscfg –vl hdisk                         to view details like Manufacturer, Model, Serial, FRU number

JFS – maximum file size 64 GB

JFS2 – Maximum file size 4 PB