A fixed-size portion of a logical volume. A logical partition is the same size as the physical partitions in its volume group. Unless the logical volume of which it is a part is mirrored, each logical partition corresponds to, and its contents are stored on, a single physical partition. See also logical volume . A collection of physical partitions organized into logical partitions all contained in a single volume group.
Logical volumes are expandable and can span several physical volumes in a volume group.
See also logical partition , volume group , and migration installation. See also service update . An installation method for upgrading AIX Version 3.2 or later to the current release while preserving the existing root volume group. Migration is the default installation method for, and can only be used on, an AIX Version 3.2 or later machine. See also root volume group and logical volume .