Volume commands

Use the volume commands to work with volume options for the system.

addvolumecopy
Use the addvolumecopy command to add a copy to an existing volume.
addvdiskcopy
Use the addvdiskcopy command to add a copy to an existing volume. In this way, you change a non-mirrored volume into a mirrored volume.
analyzevdisk
Use the analyzevdisk command to queue or cancel volume analysis.
analyzevdiskbysystem
Use the analyzevdiskbysystem command to schedule all existing volumes in system for available capacity analysis.
backupvolume
Use the backupvolume command to create a volume snapshot.
backupvolumegroup
Use the backupvolumegroup command to create a new snapshot for all of the volumes in a volume group.
chvdisk
Use the chvdisk command to modify the properties of a volume, such as the disk name, I/O governing rate, or unit number. You can also change IBM® Easy Tier® settings.
chvolumegroup
Use the chvolumegroup command to change volume group properties.
converttoclone
Use the converttoclone command to convert a thinclone volume to a clone volume.
expandvdisksize
Use the expandvdisksize command to expand the provisioned capacity of a volume by a specified amount.
expandvolume - Deprecated
This command is deprecated as Hyperswap configurations are no longer supported. Use expandvdisksize to expand volumes.
lsdependentvdisks
Use the lsdependentvdisks command to view which volumes go offline if you remove a specific piece of hardware from the system.
lshostvdiskmap
Use the lshostvdiskmap command to display a list of volumes that are mapped to a host. These volumes are the volumes that are recognized by the specified host.
lsmetadatavdisk
Use the lsmetadatavdisk command to display the information for metadata volumes on the system.
lsrepairsevdiskcopyprogress
The lsrepairsevdiskcopyprogress command lists the repair progress for thin-provisioned volume copies or compressed volume copies.
lsrepairvdiskcopyprogress
Use the lsrepairvdiskcopyprogress command to display the progress of volume repairs and validations.
lssevdiskcopy
Use the lssevdiskcopy command to list the thin-provisioned copies of the specified volumes.
lsvdisk
Use the lsvdisk command to display a concise list or a detailed view of volumes that are recognized by the system.
lsvdiskaccess
Use the lsvdiskaccess command to display a list of all input/output (I/O) groups in the volume access set.
lsvdiskanalysis
Use the lsvdiskanalysis command to display information for thin provisioning and compression estimation analysis-report for a single volume or multiple volumes.
lsvdiskanalysisprogress
Use the lsvdiskanalysisprogress command to display information about the space analysis progress for an entire system.
lsvdiskcopy
Use the lsvdiskcopy command to list volume copy information.
lsvdiskdependentmaps
Use the lsvdiskdependentmaps command to display all FlashCopy® mappings with target volumes that are dependent upon data that is held on the specified volume.
lsvdiskextent
Use the lsvdiskextent command to list the MDisk extents that are provided for the specified volumes.
lsvdiskfcmapcopies
Use the lsvdiskfcmapcopies command to display a list of all FlashCopy mappings with a target volume that contains a valid copy of the specified volume.
lsvdiskfcmappings
Use the lsvdiskfcmappings command to display a list of FlashCopy mappings to which the volume belongs. A volume can be part of up to 256 FlashCopy mappings.
lsvdiskhostmap
Use the lsvdiskhostmap command to list the hosts to which a volume is mapped.
lsvdisklba
Use the lsvdisklba command to list the volume and logical block address (LBA) for the specified storage pool LBA.
lsvdiskmember
Use the lsvdiskmember command to display a list of MDisks that are members of the specified volume.
lsvdiskprogress
Use the lsvdiskprogress command to track the progress during new volume formatting.
lsvdisksyncprogress
Use the lsvdisksyncprogress command to display the progress of volume copy synchronization.
lsvolumebackup
Use the lsvolumebackup command to list the volumes that have cloud snapshot that enabled and volumes that have cloud snapshots in the cloud account.
lsvolumebackupgeneration
Use the lsvolumebackupgeneration command to list any volume snapshots available on the specified volume.
lsvolumebackupprogress
Use the lsvolumebackupprogress command to display information about the progress of snapshot operations.
lsvolumegroup
Use the lsvolumegroup command to display information about configured volume groups.
lsvolumerestoreprogress
Use the lsvolumerestoreprogress command to display information about restore operation progress.
mkmetadatavdisk
Use the mkmetadatavdisk command to create a metadata volume for use with VMware Virtual Volumes (vVols).
mkvdisk
Use the mkvdisk command to create sequential, striped, or image mode volume objects. When they are mapped to a host object, these objects are seen as disk drives with which the host can run I/O operations. The first syntax diagram is for striped or sequential volumes and the second syntax diagram for image mode volumes. Use the mkvolume command for a simplified way of creating high availability volumes. Use the mkimagevolume command for a simplified way of creating an image mode volume, importing existing data from a managed disk.
mkvdiskhostmap
Use the mkvdiskhostmap command to create a new mapping between a volume and a host, which makes the volume accessible for input/output (I/O) operations to the specified host.
mkvolume
Use the mkvolume command to create an empty volume from existing storage pools.
mkvolumegroup
Use the mkvolumegroup command to create and configure a new volume group.
mkimagevolume
Use the mkimagevolume command to create an image mode volume by importing (preserving) data on a managed disk from another storage system.
movevdisk
Use the movevdisk command to update the preferred node of a volume.
recovervdisk
Use the recovervdisk command to acknowledge volume data loss and brings the volume back online.
recovervdiskbycluster (Discontinued)
Attention: The recovervdiskbycluster command has been discontinued. Use the recovervdiskbysystem command instead.
recovervdiskbyiogrp
Use the recovervdiskbyiogrp command to acknowledge data loss for all volumes in the specified I/O group with a fast_write_state of corrupt and brings the volumes back online.
recovervdiskbysystem
Use the recovervdiskbysystem command to acknowledge data loss for all volumes in the system with a fast_write_state of corrupt and bring the volumes back online.
repairsevdiskcopy
The repairsevdiskcopy command repairs the metadata on a thin-provisioned volume copy or a compressed volume copy.
repairvdiskcopy
Use the repairvdiskcopy command on mirrored volumes to detect and (optionally) correct any volume copies that are not identical.
restorevolume
Use the restorevolume command to restore a volume for cloud tiering.
rmvdisk
Use the rmvdisk command to delete a volume. You cannot use this command for volumes that are replicated or in storage partitions.
rmmetadatavdisk
Use the rmmetadatavdisk command to remove a metadata volume.
rmvdiskcopy
Use the rmvdiskcopy command to remove a volume copy from a mirrored volume. Use the rmvolumecopy command for high availability volumes.
rmvdiskaccess
Use the rmvdiskaccess command to delete one or more I/O groups from the set of I/O groups in which a volume can be made accessible to hosts.
rmvdiskhostmap
Use the rmvdiskhostmap command to delete an existing host mapping the volume is no longer accessible for input/output (I/O) transactions on the given host.
rmvolume
Use the rmvolume command to remove a volume.
rmvolumecopy
Use the rmvolumecopy command to remove a volume copy from a volume.
rmvolumegroup
Use the rmvolumegroup command to remove a volume group from a system.
rmvolumebackupgeneration
Use the rmvolumebackupgeneration command to delete a volume backup or cancel a volume snapshot operation that is in progress.
shrinkvdisksize
Use the shrinkvdisksize command to reduce the size of a volume by the specified capacity.
splitvdiskcopy
Use the splitvdiskcopy command to create a separate volume from a synchronized copy of a mirrored volume.
lsvdisktiers
Use the lsvdisktiers command to list the volume tier capacities for the IBM Storage Insights.

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