deactivatevg command

Purpose

Deactivates a volume group.

Syntax

deactivatevg VolumeGroup

Description

The deactivatevg command deactivates the volume group that is specified by the VolumeGroup parameter along with its associated logical volumes. The logical volumes must first be closed. For example, if the logical volume contains a file system, it must be unmounted.

Exit Status

See Exit status for Virtual I/O Server commands.

Examples

  1. To deactivate volume group vg03, type: 
    deactivatevg 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 activatevg command, the importvg command, the exportvg command, and the syncvg command.