Storage & LVM

LVM & Storage Administration

Learn volume group operations on AIX and Linux — from mirrorvg cloning to LVM management and persistent mounts.

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Logical Volume Manager (LVM) skills are essential on both IBM AIX and Linux. This hub connects AIX-specific cloning workflows with Linux storage chapters so you can compare how volume groups, mirrors and persistent mounts are handled across platforms.

Read the AIX mirrorvg guide first if you manage Power LPARs, then continue with the Linux LVM chapters for partition layout, volume creation and persistent mount strategies used in mixed environments.

See also the storage technology overview and all topic hubs.

AIX

From mirrorvg to splitvg

Safely clone AIX volume groups for DR and migration scenarios.

→ L7

Disks, Partitions & LVM

Device naming, partitioning, filesystems and LVM volume management.

→ L9

Persistent Mounts & Storage Ops

fstab by UUID, swap, NFS, automount and production mount troubleshooting.

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