Chapter 9. Common Tasks

Table of Contents

9.1. Initializing disks or disk partitions

9.2. Creating a volume group

9.3. Activating a volume group

9.4. Removing a volume group

9.5. Adding physical volumes to a volume group

9.6. Removing physical volumes from a volume group

9.7. Creating a logical volume

9.8. Removing a logical volume

9.9. Extending a logical volume

9.10. Reducing a logical volume

9.11. Migrating data off of a physical volume

The following sections outline some common administrative tasks for an LVM system. This is no substitute for reading the man pages.