This section explains how to convert your LVM, JFS and JFS2 configuration to a VxVM and VxFS configuration and presents the following main topics:
See Converting LVM volume groups to VxVM disk groups.
The conversion process also includes the conversion of JFS and JFS2 file systems stored in LVM volume groups to VxFS.
The basic tools for conversion are the VxVM commands, vxconvert and vxdiskadm. This discussion details how to use these tools and gives some insights into how these tools work.
The disks on your system managed by LVM can be of two types:
Unused disks, which contain no user data, and are not used by any volume group, but which have LVM disk headers.
For unused LVM disks you can use vxdiskadm.
See the man page vxdiskadm(1M).
LVM disks in volume groups, and which contain logical volumes and volume groups.
For LVM disks in volume groups, the primary tool for conversion is the vxconvert command.