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LVMs

Quick Command Reference

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Quick Command Reference

The following command displayes in GiB

pvdisplay

To display in GB use the following command:

pvdisplay --units G

The following commands put a marker on the device which allows them to be used for volume groups

pvcreate /dev/device1
pvcreate /dev/device2

Now create the volume

vgcreate vg1 /dev/device1 /dev/device2

LVCREATE

lvcreate -L 10G name

Creating a logical volume from a specific volume group

lvcreate -L 1500 -n lvname vg1

You can also use the -l argument of the lvcreate command to specify the percentage of the remaining free space in a volume group as the size of the logical volume

lvcreate -l 100%FREE -n lvname vg1