Big VG to normal VG

UNIX AIX
1

hello,
can we convert big vg back to normal VG?
and scalable VG to big/normal VG? if yes , how

2

if you don't need your data - yes. mkvg -f . Otherwise - no. Why do you want to get it back?

3

Well, yes - it would be possible, but not inline that I know of.

If you have enough storage for making a copy I would start by running the command savevg to only create a backup of the structure, then 'edit' that so that it creates a 'Big' or 'Normal' vg and create the new vg.

Then, with the system 'idle'

# cd $old; find . | backup -if - | (cd $new; restore -xqf -)