server - What is LVM and what is it used for? - Ask Ubuntu
Sep 4, 2010 · As a Linux/Ubuntu newbie, what is LVM and what is it used for? In terms of a web server installation, what benefits does it provide? Would you recommend using it?
How can I create one logical volume over two disks using LVM?
Nov 21, 2012 · Or do I use LVM to make a logical volume of these two disks? I can't seem to find the documentation I need, it's mostly about extending existing volumes or installing a fresh system which …
How do I check whether I am using LVM? - Ask Ubuntu
61 I installed Ubuntu by choosing the option "Something else" at the step called "Allocate drive space" of the installer. Then I created my own partition table. Now that Ubuntu is installed, can I check whether …
How can I resize an LVM partition? (i.e: physical volume)
I want to shrink my second (LVM) partition, in order to create a new partition in the newly freed space. I am using the Live CD to do so, because I know I can't resize/move this partition while it ...
partitioning - Extend LVM size - Ask Ubuntu
May 5, 2022 · I recently cloned my ubuntu from a 250GB SSD to my new 2TB SSD. It automatically created an LVM with 248GB with my root filesystem in it. I would like to resize the LVM to full 2TB. …
How can I resize an active LVM partition? - Ask Ubuntu
I am quite new to LVM and I'm uncertain about what is happening here. I was not the one to initially setup this machine. There is a harddrive of 1tb in size and an LVM partition of only 50gb in si...
Ubuntu does not use full disk space - how to extend?
Jul 9, 2022 · Because Ubuntu uses an LVM volume, the size of the volume needs to be changed first before the resize2fs can increase the size of the underlying file system. This can be done using …
How do I shrink the root logical volume (LV) on LVM?
The LVM tool are not built-in to the Live CD, so first we must install them: sudo apt-get install lvm2 Find the name of the Volume Group (henceforth “somevg”) that contains the root Logical Volume: sudo …
How do you rename the volume group that contains the root volume …
I want to rename the volume group that my root volume is on. How can I do this?
autoinstall storage using lvm layout and XFS as fstype
Nov 28, 2024 · I'm trying to configure autoinstall storage with XFS as fstype. Using this automatically creates ext4 volume storage: # This should set the interactive (lvm set) default layout: name: ...