I highly recommend only using scalable volume groups if at all possible..  But there are a lot of "Original" and "Big" AIX volume groups in existence out there, and you need to understand the relationship between Factor Size, Volume Group Type, and PP Sizes in order to support these volume groups.  Here is a table that shows for both Original and Big volume groups how changing the "Factor Size" changes the ratio between how many disks (PV's) the volume group can contain and how big they are. ... [More]

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