If you must find a disk for altinst_rootvg on 100 servers, it drives you crazy

The Quest for altinst_rootvg

Jul 04, 2025

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It would be so easy if everything were standardized! Let’s imagine: all AIX LPARs have hdisk0 for rootvg and hdisk1 for altinst_rootvg. Next time I must upgrade an LPAR, I know that I will use hdisk1 to create altinst_rootvg. The only problem is that after the reboot, the disk for the next altinst_rootvg will most probably be hdisk0. The biggest problem…

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