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Created page with "...gonna take a shortcut on this and as a foundation, just paste in ChatGPT generated text instead of retyping it, then add stuff in and modify it. === Blivet === A great GUI tool for managing and creating LVs. But sadly, doesn't exist or work past Rocky 8. When creating a Volume Group BLIVET creates the Partition, Physical Volume, and Volume Group in one swift move. === Command Alternative ==="
 
 
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...gonna take a shortcut on this and as a foundation, just paste in ChatGPT generated text instead of retyping it, then add stuff in and modify it.
...gonna take a shortcut on this and as a foundation, just paste in ChatGPT generated text instead of retyping it, then add stuff in and modify it.


=== Blivet ===
===Blivet===
A great GUI tool for managing and creating LVs.  But sadly, doesn't exist or work past Rocky 8.  When creating a Volume Group BLIVET creates the Partition, Physical Volume, and Volume Group in one swift move.
A great GUI tool for managing and creating LVs.  But sadly, doesn't exist or work past Rocky 8.  When creating a Volume Group BLIVET creates the Partition, Physical Volume, and Volume Group in one swift move.


=== Command Alternative ===
After creating a Volume Group, move on down to the LVM section (left column under physical drives) and create the Logical Volume and format it (create Labels too).
 
===Command Alternative===
 
====Show Existing LVM Setup====
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
# List Physical Volumes (PVs)
pvs
 
# List Volume Groups (VGs)
vgs
 
# List Logical Volumes (LVs)
lvs
</syntaxhighlight>
 
======Create a New LVM Structure======
 
======1. Create a Physical Volume (PV) on <code>/dev/sdb</code>======
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
pvcreate /dev/sdb
</syntaxhighlight>
 
======2. Create a Volume Group (VG) named <code>my_vg</code>======
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
vgcreate my_vg /dev/sdb
</syntaxhighlight>
 
======3. Create a Logical Volume (LV) named <code>my_lv</code> (10GB size)======
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
lvcreate -L 10G -n my_lv my_vg
</syntaxhighlight>
 
=====Show the Created LVM Components=====
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
pvs  # Show Physical Volumes
vgs  # Show Volume Groups
lvs  # Show Logical Volumes
</syntaxhighlight>