Originally posted by: apple08

dear AIX gurus,
would like to seek your advice. i want to increase /disc5 by 2 or 3 GB.
what is the steps to increase our /disc5. we have 0 PP. can we reduce /disc6 and add to /disc5. what are the steps? i normally increase the file system using smitty. i never reduce file system. would really appreciate your advice.
1.

1. lsvg -l vg02

vg02:
LV NAME TYPE LPs PPs PVs LV STATE MOUNT POINT
lv04_00 jfs2 65 65 1 open/syncd /disc5
lv02_04 jfs2 480 480 1 open/syncd /disc6

2.

1. df -g

Filesystem GB blocks Free %Used Iused %Iused Mounted on
/dev/lv02_04 120.00 17.98 86% 439 1% /disc6
/dev/lv04_00 16.25 0.00 100% 341 77% /disc5

3.

1. lsvg vg02

VOLUME GROUP: vg02 VG IDENTIFIER: 00cc689d00004c0000000109db609316
VG STATE: active PP SIZE: 256 megabyte(s)
VG PERMISSION: read/write TOTAL PPs: 546 (139776 megabytes)
MAX LVs: 256 FREE PPs: 0 (0 megabytes)
LVs: 3 USED PPs: 546 (139776 megabytes)
OPEN LVs: 3 QUORUM: 2
TOTAL PVs: 1 VG DESCRIPTORS: 2
STALE PVs: 0 STALE PPs: 0
ACTIVE PVs: 1 AUTO ON: yes
MAX PPs per VG: 32512
MAX PPs per PV: 1016 MAX PVs: 32
LTG size (Dynamic): 256 kilobyte(s) AUTO SYNC: no
HOT SPARE: no BB POLICY: relocatable
#AIX-Forum

Originally posted by: kappa

Hi,

do you have JFS2?
AIX53 with a higher TL (be aware of early bugs in lower levels) ?

then you are free to do (FS can be online/mounted):

chfs -a size=-3G /disc6
chfs -a size=+3G /disc5
#AIX-Forum