This procedure is applicable to both HPUX 9.04 and 10.X

1. Make the volume group unavailable.

# vgchange -a n /dev/VG

2.    vgexport:
      a.    Preview the changes:

# vgexport -p -m MAPFILE /dev/VG

      b.    If everything looks right -

# vgexport -m MAPFILE /dev/VG

3.    Transfer MAPFILE to new system.

4.    Move disks and controllers to new system - note disk device drivers when booting or via ioscan.

5.    Create new directory and group file.
      a.    mkdir /dev/VG
      b.    mknod /dev/VG/group c 64 0x##0000 (## is unique number across all VGs)

6.    vgimport
      a.    Preview changes:

vgimport -p -m MAPFILE /dev/VG disk1,disk2,disk3..diskN

      b.    If everything looks right:

vgimport -m MAPFILE /dev/VG disk1,disk2,disk3..diskN

7.    Activate the new VG

vgchange -a y /dev/VG