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Volume groups span one or more physical volumes.<br>
Volume groups span one or more physical volumes.<br>
Logical volumes are the final partitions which you put a filesystem on. Each logical volume lies on a single volume group.
Logical volumes are the final partitions/blocks which you put your filesystem on.
 
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Latest revision as of 06:15, 15 January 2023

Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is a way to format your drives which allows you to easily resize partitions, take snapshots, and stripe partitions across multiple disks. Many operations can also be done online while the partition is mounted.

Background

Volume groups span one or more physical volumes.
Logical volumes are the final partitions/blocks which you put your filesystem on.

Usage

Logical Volume

# Show
sudo lvs

# Create
lvcreate -l +100%FREE MyVolGroup -n homevol

# Resize
lvresize -l +100%FREE --resizefs MyVolGroup/mediavol

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