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Creating HP-UX Host Logical Logical Volumes

When you are satisfied with your storage configuration, you need to create at least one logical volume on the server.

The following steps are general guidelines. For detailed information, read about creating logical volumes in your HP-UX OS manual.

  1. Determine that the drives are being recognized by the host by typing:

    # ioscan -fnC disk

  2. Start a System Administration Manager (SAM) session.

  3. Choose Disks and File Systems > Volume Groups.


  4. From the Actions menu at the top of the window, click Create.


  5. In the Create New Volume Group Name window, click Select New Volume Group Name, type a name for the New Volume Group, and click OK.


  6. In the Create New Volume Group window, click Select Disk(s), select the drive(s) that are going to be in the Volume Group, and click OK.


  7. In the Create New Volume Group window, click Define New Logical Volume(s).


    1. In the LV name field, type a name for the logical volume.


    2. Using the value displayed in the Approx Free Mbytes field, which specifies Mbytes left in the volume group, specify the size of the new logical volume.

      Although you can create multiple logical volumes, you must create at least one. If you are creating one logical volume with the full capacity of the volume group, type the number displayed in the Approx Free Mbytes field. If you are creating multiple logical volumes, determine the size of each and type the size of the first logical volume.


    3. In the Mount Directory field, type the directory where you want to mount the logical volume, and click Add.


    4. To add more logical volumes, repeat Steps a-c.


    5. When you have finished adding logical volumes, click OK.

  8. In the Create New Volume Group window, click OK.

  9. When you have finished creating logical volumes, close the Disk and File System window and close sam.
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