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How Do I Create a Lvm Partition in Linux?

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How Do I Create a Lvm Partition in Linux?
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How do I create a LVM partition?

Procedure

  1. Create a LVM VG, if you do not have an existing one: Log into the RHEL KVM hypervisor host as root. Add a new LVM partition using the fdisk command. …
  2. Create a LVM LV on the VG. For example, to create an LV called kvmVM under the /dev/VolGroup00 VG, run: …
  3. Repeat the above VG and LV steps on each hypervisor host.

How do I start LVM in Linux?

The procedure to mount LVM partition in Linux as follows:

  1. Run vgscan command scans all supported LVM block devices in the system for VGs.
  2. Execute vgchange command to activate volume.
  3. Type lvs command to get information about logical volumes.
  4. Create a mount point using the mkdir command.
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