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lvcreate — Create a logical volume in an existing volume group. A volume group is a collection of logical and p

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Problem

How to use the lvcreate command: Create a logical volume in an existing volume group. A volume group is a collection of logical and physical volumes. See also: lvm. More information: <https://manned.org/lvcreate>.

Solution

lvcreate — Create a logical volume in an existing volume group. A volume group is a collection of logical and physical volumes. See also: lvm. More information: <https://manned.org/lvcreate>.

Create a logical volume of 10 gigabytes in the volume group vg1:

sudo lvcreate {{[-L|--size]}} 10G vg1

Create a 1500 megabyte linear logical volume named mylv in the volume group vg1:

sudo lvcreate {{[-L|--size]}} 1500 {{[-n|--name]}} mylv vg1

Create a logical volume called mylv that uses 60% of the total space in volume group vg1:

sudo lvcreate {{[-l|--extents]}} 60%VG {{[-n|--name]}} mylv vg1

Create a logical volume called mylv that uses all the unallocated space in the volume group vg1:

sudo lvcreate {{[-l|--extents]}} 100%FREE {{[-n|--name]}} mylv vg1

Code Snippets

Create a logical volume of 10 gigabytes in the volume group `vg1`

sudo lvcreate {{[-L|--size]}} 10G vg1

Create a 1500 megabyte linear logical volume named `mylv` in the volume group `vg1`

sudo lvcreate {{[-L|--size]}} 1500 {{[-n|--name]}} mylv vg1

Create a logical volume called `mylv` that uses 60% of the total space in volume group `vg1`

sudo lvcreate {{[-l|--extents]}} 60%VG {{[-n|--name]}} mylv vg1

Create a logical volume called `mylv` that uses all the unallocated space in the volume group `vg1`

sudo lvcreate {{[-l|--extents]}} 100%FREE {{[-n|--name]}} mylv vg1

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tldr-pages: linux/lvcreate

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