AIX: Setting up File Systems

1. Create one logical volume for each file system listed in the your profile.
a. Select:
Physical & Logical Storage → Logical Volume Manager → Logical Volumes → Add a Logical Volume
b. Enter a volume group name, for example, sapr3vg.
c. Enter a logical volume name, for example, lvsap01.
d. Enter the number of logical partitions (see section Size of a Logical Partition).
e. Press F3 until the Physical & Logical Storage menu appears.
2. Create the file systems.
a. Select:
Physical & Logical Storage → File Systems → Add/Change/Show/Delete File Systems → Journaled File Systems →
Add a Journaled File System on a previously defined Logical Volume
b. Press F4 to get a list of logical volumes.
c. Select one logical volume.
Select the logical volume with the desired size.
Enter mount point as given in the file system list files.
DB2 UDB for UNIX and Windows: /db2/<SAPSDID>
Informix: /informix/<SAPSID>
Oracle: /oracle/<SAPSID>/sapdata1
SAP DB: /sapdb/<SAPSID>/sapdata
Set mount automatically to yes.
d. Press F10 to exit smitty.

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