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LOGICAL VOLUME MANAGEMENT LDUP: 02/06/04 Wed 0200

by MISCHTY
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Practical-01-minimum
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GOAL : * Make /home a LVM partition of 500 MB at install time [using fdisk - 8e]
* Create a single PV of this partition using it entirely
* Create a VG - vadapav - using this PV
* Create a LV [idli] out of this PV

Let us examine an example of creating a Logical Volume.

I have a HD of Size : 8.5GB

1. Create the following partitions as fresh installation :


[Do a minimum Install]

/dev/hda1 100M 83 Linux /boot


/dev/hda2 <------------------ 5 Extended ---------------------------->
-------- LVM PV ------> /dev/hda5 500M 8e Linux LVM /home
/dev/hda6 600M 82 Linux swap swap
/dev/hda7 500M 83 Linux /
/dev/hda8 1000M 83 Linux /tmp
/dev/hda9 1000M 83 Linux /var
/dev/hda10 4500M 83 Linux /usr

2.
# blockdev --rereadpt /dev/hda

or

# hdparm -z /dev/hda

3. After installing, login as root, and at the prompt :

# vgscan

# vgdisplay

4. Now we create the PVs :

# pvcreate /dev/hda5

Run the test-tools suite :

# pvscan |

# pvdisplay /dev/hda5

# pvdata -v /dev/hda5

5. Create a VG called "vadapav" and add this PV [/dev/hda5] to it :

# vgcreate vadapav /dev/hdb5

################### Config File - StopCheck #1 ########## START ##############


Note : Let check out the config/data files created by the above command :

--> /etc/lvmtab.d/vadapav

# vgscan -v

--> /etc/lvmtab

--> /etc/lvmconf/vadapav.conf

--> /dev/vadapav/group

--> cat /proc/lvm/global

Also check out the dirs under /proc/lvm/..

################### Config File - StopCheck #1 ########## END##############

Now let's run those test tools again :

6. # vgscan

7. # vgdisplay -v vadapav

8. # lvcreate -l 120 -n idli vadapav

or we could do this too :

# lvcreate -L 480 -n idli vadapav

###############################################################################

Now let's run those test tools again :

But first let us backup our VGDA

9. # vgcfgbackup

--> /etc/lvmconf/vadapav.conf

# vgcfgrestore

10. # vgscan

11. # vgdisplay -v vadapav

################### Config File - StopCheck #2 ########## BEGIN ############

12. Once again , let check out the config/data files created by the above cmd :

--> /etc/lvmtab.d/vadapav

--> /etc/lvmtab

--> /etc/lvmconf/vadapav.conf

--> /dev/vadapav/
--> cat /proc/lvm/global

Also check out the dirs under /proc/lvm/..

################### Config File - StopCheck #2 ########## END ############

Ok, we're nearly there, let's make a filesystem:

12. # mke2fs /dev/vadapav/idli

13. # mke2fs -j /dev/vadapav/idli

14. # mount /dev/vadapav/idli /home

# cd /home

# ls

lost+found

# mount

/dev/hda7 on / type ext3 (rw)


none on /proc type proc (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/hda9 on /tmp type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda10 on /usr type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda8 on /var type ext3 (rw)
/dev/vadapav/idli on /home type ext3 (rw)

15. # df -h

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on


/dev/hda7 471M 79M 369M 18% /
/dev/hda1 99M 9.0M 85M 10% /boot
none 121M 0 121M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda9 950M 17M 886M 2% /tmp
/dev/hda10 4.3G 355M 3.8G 9% /usr
/dev/hda8 950M 28M 874M 4% /var
/dev/vadapav/idli 465M 8.1M 433M 2% /home

16. # adduser foo


# passwd ...

Now login as foo and create a file "dad" with some data

17. Now to configure /etc/fstab to automate things :

/dev/vadapav/idli /home ext3 defaults 0 0

18. reboot

And we're done!

Congrats !
19. Check with mount, df -h, ls /home or login and as foo

################################################################################
Test-tools suite :

# vgscan
# vgdisplay
# pvscan
# pvdisplay /dev/hda5
# lvscan
# lvdisplay /dev/vadapav/idli
# lvmdiskscan

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