How to create LVM in centos 6

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create LVM

in this post, I'm demo "How to create LVM in centos 6". To run commands as root account!.

The scripts for create LVM (Logical Volume Management):
OS: Centos
HDD1: /dev/sdb
HDD2: /dev/sdc

Step 1: Adding a new partition use fdisk command

fdisk /dev/sdb1
fdisk /dev/sdc1
The output as bellow
Command (m for help): m
Command action
   a   toggle a bootable flag
   b   edit bsd disklabel
   c   toggle the dos compatibility flag
   d   delete a partition
   l   list known partition types
   m   print this menu
   n   add a new partition
   o   create a new empty DOS partition table
   p   print the partition table
   q   quit without saving changes
   s   create a new empty Sun disklabel
   t   change a partition's system id
   u   change display/entry units
   v   verify the partition table
   w   write table to disk and exit
   x   extra functionality (experts only)
Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-1305, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (1-1305, default 1305):
Using default value 1305
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.

Step 2: Select the physical Storage Device for LVM use pvcreate, pvscan, pvdisplay command.

pvcreate /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1
pvscan
pvdisplay
The output as bellow
[root@node1 ~]# pvcreate /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1
 --- Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/sda2
  VG Name               VolGroup
  PV Size               19,51 GiB / not usable 3,00 MiB
  Allocatable           yes (but full)
  PE Size               4,00 MiB
  Total PE              4994
  Free PE               0
  Allocated PE          4994
  PV UUID               ZrKbdZ-Lvjv-FZXM-onX2-YA0D-e73i-2dgmir
 
  "/dev/sdb1" is a new physical volume of "10,00 GiB"
  --- NEW Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/sdb1
  VG Name            
  PV Size               10,00 GiB
  Allocatable           NO
  PE Size               0
  Total PE              0
  Free PE               0
  Allocated PE          0
  PV UUID               cWjXtz-dNbH-hd22-j4gb-S2JG-PeZ2-MPoklr
 
  "/dev/sdc1" is a new physical volume of "4,99 GiB"
  --- NEW Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/sdc1
  VG Name            
  PV Size               4,99 GiB
  Allocatable           NO
  PE Size               0
  Total PE              0
  Free PE               0
  Allocated PE          0
  PV UUID               N8HKyc-f97c-4A3a-IbpW-xWJ1-bgs2-9uMKGj
[root@node1 ~]# pvscan
  PV /dev/sda2   VG VolGroup        lvm2 [19,51 GiB / 0    free]
  PV /dev/sdb1                      lvm2 [10,00 GiB]
  PV /dev/sdc1                      lvm2 [4,99 GiB]
  Total: 3 [34,50 GiB] / in use: 1 [19,51 GiB] / in no VG: 2 [14,99 GiB]
[root@node1 ~]# vgdisplay
  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               VolGroup
  System ID          
  Format                lvm2
  Metadata Areas        1
  Metadata Sequence No  3
  VG Access             read/write
  VG Status             resizable
  MAX LV                0
  Cur LV                2
  Open LV               2
  Max PV                0
  Cur PV                1
  Act PV                1
  VG Size               19,51 GiB
  PE Size               4,00 MiB
  Total PE              4994
  Alloc PE / Size       4994 / 19,51 GiB
  Free  PE / Size       0 / 0
  VG UUID               GfqxJf-X4sV-JODl-cGOa-cz85-vLCb-ISNsKe

Step 3: Create the volume group - vgcreate, vgdisplay command.

vgcreate vol_data /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1
vgdisplay
The example as bellow
[root@node1 ~]# vgcreate vol_data /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1
  Volume group "vol_data" successfully created
[root@node1 ~]# vgdisplay
  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               vol_data
  System ID          
  Format                lvm2
  Metadata Areas        2
  Metadata Sequence No  1
  VG Access             read/write
  VG Status             resizable
  MAX LV                0
  Cur LV                0
  Open LV               0
  Max PV                0
  Cur PV                2
  Act PV                2
  VG Size               14,98 GiB
  PE Size               4,00 MiB
  Total PE              3836
  Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0
  Free  PE / Size       3836 / 14,98 GiB
  VG UUID               koHb0q-eLoT-QKIm-dJGf-qOkU-MxHb-O27uOK
 
  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               VolGroup
  System ID          
  Format                lvm2
  Metadata Areas        1
  Metadata Sequence No  3
  VG Access             read/write
  VG Status             resizable
  MAX LV                0
  Cur LV                2
  Open LV               2
  Max PV                0
  Cur PV                1
  Act PV                1
  VG Size               19,51 GiB
  PE Size               4,00 MiB
  Total PE              4994
  Alloc PE / Size       4994 / 19,51 GiB
  Free  PE / Size       0 / 0
  VG UUID               GFqxJf-X4sV-JODl-cGOa-cz85-vLCb-ISNsKe  

The syntax to create logical volume – lvcreate,lvdisplay command

lvcreate -L 10GB -n logical_name vol_name
lvdisplay
mkfs.ext4 /dev/vol_name/logical_name

Step 4: The maximum size of a Logical volume

lvcreate -l 100%FREE -n logical_data vol_data
lvdisplay
mkfs.ext4 /dev/vol_data/logical_data
mount /dev/vol_data/logical_data /opt
df -TH
The example as bellow
[root@node1 ~]# lvcreate -l 100%FREE -n logical_data vol_data
Logical volume "logical_data" created.
[root@node1 ~]# lvdisplay
  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Path                /dev/vol_data/logical_data
  LV Name                logical_data
  VG Name                vol_data
  LV UUID                vlsvct-0RC9-NIrC-lPJ9-4DMy-KfhP-WwGxU4
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Creation host, time node1, 2016-12-03 17:17:45 +0700
  LV Status              available
  # open                 0
  LV Size                14,98 GiB
  Current LE             3836
  Segments               2
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     auto
  - currently set to     256
  Block device           253:2
[root@node1 ~]# mkfs.ext4 /dev/vol_data/logical_data
mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
983040 inodes, 3928064 blocks
196403 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=4022337536
120 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208
Writing inode tables: done                          
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 23 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
[root@node1 ~]# mount /dev/vol_data/logical_data /opt
[root@node1 ~]# df -Th
Filesystem           Type   Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
                     ext4    18G  5,4G   12G  32% /
tmpfs                tmpfs  358M     0  358M   0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1            ext4   477M   76M  376M  17% /boot
/dev/mapper/vol_data-logical_data
                     ext4    15G   38M   14G   1% /opt

For raid5 disk (if you setup disk raid5)

lvcreate --type raid5 -l 100%FREE -n logical_data vol_data

How to create LVM resize

lvextend -L +100 /dev/vol_data/logical_data
Thanks for reading! How to create LVM in centos 6.

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