<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE> <P><BR>HI,<BR>I have a query about the physical layout of the LVM. Using some hexeditor i tried to find out the VGDA structure. But i am not getting any specific structure at starting of PV.<BR>As The Volume Group Descriptor Area (VGDA) functions similar to the partition table for LVM. It is stored at the beginning at the beginning of each physical volume. </P> <P>Earlier i worked on HP-UX LVM and i read that i impementation of LVM is similar in both.</P> <P>I want to get the information of the PE map and if i extend some LV and create 2-3 segments then how i will be able to know the PE chain.</P> <P>I got some structure on HDD that contain some ASCII values as the output of #lvdisplay ot vgdisplay</P> <P>Please give some guidance to find the internal layout of LVM on HDD.</P> <P>Thanks in Advance<BR><BR></P> <DIV></DIV><FONT color=#000000></DIV> <DIV></DIV></FONT></div></html>