LVM

Info

• Phisical Volumes

pvs

• Volume Groups

vgs

• Logical Volumes

lvs

Phisical Volumes (PV)

pvs
 PV         VG         Fmt  Attr PSize   PFree  
 /dev/sda  vg_1 lvm2 a--  930.82g      0 
 /dev/sdb  vg_1 lvm2 a--  931.31g 931.31g

• Phisical to Virtual

 lvs -a -o +devices

• Segmentation

pvs -v --segments /dev/sdb1
 PV         VG          Fmt  Attr PSize  PFree  Start SSize LV   Start Type   PE Ranges       
 /dev/sdb1  server03-vg lvm2 a--  58.35g 40.35g     0  4608 root     0 linear /dev/sdb1:0-4607
 /dev/sdb1  server03-vg lvm2 a--  58.35g 40.35g  4608 10330          0 free                   

add a disk to a PV

 vgextend vg_1 /dev/sdb
 Volume group "vg_1" successfully extended

remove a disk from PV

vgreduce vg_1 /dev/sdb
 Removed "/dev/sdb" from volume group "vg_1"

delete a PV

vgremove vg_1
Volume group "vg_1" successfully removed

xx is using an old PV header, modify the VG to update.

appears when moving/updating from RHEL5 to 6 then RHEL6 to 7 and to 8

• update PV header version

vgck --updatemetadata xx

• check PV header version

pvck --dump headers /dev/<device

Resizing out from Disk->PV->LV->Partition

• After resizing a physical drive this commands will claim the space gained to the file system.
• resizing LVM linux partition to the new disk boundaries

pvresize /dev/md1

pvresize --setphysicalvolumesize (size here) /dev/sda5

• adding 100G

lvextend -L+100G /dev/mapper/vg0-var

• ext4 resizing command

resize2fs /dev/mapper/vg0-var

df -hT

Logical Volumes

create a mirror volume

lvcreate -L 931g vg_1 -m 1 vg_1

create a mirror from existing and mounted volume

lvconvert -m1 vg_1/lv_home

• then we check the result:

# pvs;echo;vgs;echo;lvs
 PV         VG         Fmt  Attr PSize   PFree 
 /dev/sda2  vg_1 lvm2 a--  930.82g     0 
 /dev/sdb   vg_1 lvm2 a--  931.31g 56.33g

 VG         #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize VFree 
 vg_1  2   3   0 wz--n- 1.82t 56.33g

 LV      VG         Attr     LSize   Pool Origin Data%  Move Log          Copy%  Convert
 lv_home vg_1 mwi-aom- 874.98g                         lv_home_mlog 100.00        
 lv_root vg_1 -wi-ao--  50.00g                                                    
 lv_swap vg_1 -wi-ao--   5.84g