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pvs
pvs
pvdisplay
pvdisplay
pvcreate /dev/<Partition>
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vgs
vgs
vgdisplay
vgdisplay
vgcreate <group> /dev/<Partition1> /dev/<Partition2>
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lvs
lvs
lvdisplay
lvdisplay
lvcreate -L 2G -n <volume> <group>
lvextend -L 5G /dev/<group>/<volume>
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Revision as of 19:53, 1 November 2012

Installation

apt-get install lvm2
apt-get install system-config-lvm


Volumes

  • physical volume - pv
pvs
pvdisplay
pvcreate /dev/<Partition> 
  • volume group - vg
vgs
vgdisplay
vgcreate <group> /dev/<Partition1> /dev/<Partition2> 
  • logical volume - lv
lvs
lvdisplay
lvcreate -L 2G -n <volume> <group> 
lvextend -L 5G /dev/<group>/<volume> 
  • /dev/$vg/$lv