AIX

Hello

I'm working on AIX 6.1. I inherited something I do not know and now I need to bring it into the line.

# df -m
Filesystem MB blocks Free %Used Mounted on
/dev/hd4 | 256.00 | 87.09 | 66% /
/dev/hd2 | 4608.00 | 82.45 | 99% /usr
/dev/hd3 | 256.00 | 212.34 | 18% /tmp
/dev/hd1 | 256.00 | 1.95 | 100% /home

[cut]
/dev/lv02 | 65024.00 | 60709.92 | 7% /home/users
/dev/lv03 | 65024.00 | 65001.13 | 1% /temp


Now you know why I'm asking of some help.
I'm running out of space on /dev/hd* :|

I have plenty of free space on other drives so I can set up few more LVMs.
Is there any easy way to migrate my files from running-short filesystems to LVMs?

I think that I should prepare lvm, copy all files from such fs and then modify /etc/filesystems to point new disk space for a mountpoint.
Am I correct?

Is there some magic command for such copying?

Do I have to reboot to check whether it works?


Best regards
michael

Hello michael,

Did you checked free space available in in the vg?

"lsvg rootvg" and check for free PPs....
If free PPs are available you can extend those Filesystems online...

VGs are OK, but regular partitions are running short.
That is the issue.


Regards
m

Afaik you always have LVM under AIX. You can easy enlarge the FS/LV with it online. It will grab space from unused PP from your VG.

Example:

Code:

chfs -a size=+100M /home        # adds 100 MB of space to the FS/LV

Mounting mountpoints into other mountpoints is not a good style. You can get trouble with mount orders etc. especially in cluster environments when you have loads of those.

I didn't think you could create filesystems directly on disks in AIX. I thought they all had to be in VGs. I'd be extemely surprised if you have an AIX 6 install with no rootvg. Run these commands to check if you do indeed have a rootvg:

Code:

lsvg rootvg
lsvg -l rootvg

I'd be interested in seeing the output.

Partitions(LV) creates under the VG. Most of time free space remains in VG after creating LVs. That you can check by command...
Check the Free PPs in the output. If the PPs are available. You can increase your LV by command..

else you can add another PV (disk) into VG by..

and than can use migratepv command. Check man page for it.

michael,

u misunderstood lvm, all file system under lvm.
lsvg rootvg will give u a brief message of free space of rootvg which all your troubled fs in.

smit fs to change the size of file system. or #chfs -a size=+10m /home to add 10m to /home. etc.

lsvg rootvg
VOLUME GROUP: rootvg VG IDENTIFIER: 0003336597305871
VG STATE: active PP SIZE: 32 megabyte(s)
VG PERMISSION: read/write TOTAL PPs: 1084 (34688 megabytes)
MAX LVs: 256 FREE PPs: 264 (8448 megabytes)
LVs: 10 USED PPs: 820 (26240 megabytes)
OPEN LVs: 9 QUORUM: 1
TOTAL PVs: 2 VG DESCRIPTORS: 3
STALE PVs: 0 STALE PPs: 0
ACTIVE PVs: 2 AUTO ON: yes
MAX PPs per PV: 1016 MAX PVs: 32