LVM
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1. Create a Physical Volume (PV) on
2. Create a Volume Group (VG) named
3. Create a Logical Volume (LV) named
...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
# List Physical Volumes (PVs) pvs # List Volume Groups (VGs) vgs # List Logical Volumes (LVs) lvs
Create a New LVM Structure
1. Create a Physical Volume (PV) on /dev/sdb
pvcreate /dev/sdb
2. Create a Volume Group (VG) named my_vg
vgcreate my_vg /dev/sdb
3. Create a Logical Volume (LV) named my_lv (10GB size)
lvcreate -L 10G -n my_lv my_vg
Show the Created LVM Components
pvs # Show Physical Volumes vgs # Show Volume Groups lvs # Show Logical Volumes