Category: Logical Volume Manager LVM

11/07/08

HOWTO: Create a Snapshot on LVM.

With Hardy all the software should already be installed.Create a snapshot from the shell prompt. We are going to make a 10Gb snapshot called lv_snap of the real partition /dev/vg01/lv_home We will then mount it at /mnt/snapshot… more »

HOWTO: Create a partition on LVM.

The following command creates new logical volume made of 5 Gbyte in size striped over 3 disks block size is 64K called lv_root2 volume group vg01. [khakisample text=""]sudo lvcreate -L5G -i3 -I64 -n lv_root2 vg01… more »

HOWTO: Extend a partition on LVM.

First display the names of the logical volumes, so you know the name of the logical volume you are going to extend.[khakisample]sudo lvdisplay [/khakisample]Te command above will tell you, if you named your lvm disks with a little for thought, wh… more »
Here are a collection of Mini-HOWTOs some of which are too short even for that grand title. I keep them around as it is easier to remember where to look these up that to remember the content of the mini-HOWTO

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