LVM commands
This note focuses on manual creation and manipulation of LVM. Create Physical Volume pvcreate /dev/sdax Create Logical Volume Group vgcreate vgx /dev/sdax Create Logical Volume lvcreate -n vmxx --size 6g vgx Create Patition of logical Volume fdisk /dev/vgx/vmxx Map and mount kpartx -v -a /dev/vgx/vmxx mount /dev/mapper/vmxxp1 /foo Remove mapping kpartx -v -d /dev/vgx/vmxx ================================= #Walk through lvcreate -n storage --size 40g vg0 fdisk /dev/vg0/storage ------------------------------ n - new partition p - primary partition 1 - partition number 1 Enter Enter Just create new parition ------------------------------- kpartx -v -a /dev/vg0/storage mkfs.ext3 /dev/mapper/storage1 mkdir /foo <---- THE DIRECOTRY TO MOUNT mount /dev/mapper/storage1 /foo