activatevg Command

Purpose

Activates a volume group.

Syntax

activatevg [-f ] VolumeGroup

Description

The activatevg command activates the volume group specified by the VolumeGroup parameter and all associated logical volumes. When a volume group is activated, physical partitions are synchronized if they are not current.

Flags

-f Allows a volume group to be made active that does not currently have a quorum of available disks.

Exit Status

See Virtual I/O Server command exit status.

Examples

  1. To activate volume group vg03, type:
    activatevg vg03

Related Information

The mkvg command, the chvg command, the extendvg command, the reducevg command, the mirrorios command, the unmirrorios command, the lsvg command, the deactivatevg command, the importvg command, the exportvg command, and the syncvg command.


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