{{tag>lvm}} ====== Mounting lvm partitions ====== - Become root: sudo su - - Scan for logical volume systems and output detailed information: pvscan - Change VolGroupXX to active: vgchange VolGroupXX -a y - Scan VolGroupXX for logical volumes: lvscan - Mount a selected logical volume: mount /dev/VolGroupXX/LogVolXX /mnt ====== Create new lvm2 partition (lvm 2 pv partition volume) ====== Gparted, fdisk OR pvcreate /dev/sdb4 # the oposite is pvremove /dev/sdb4 ====== Create volume group ====== Show all with pvdisplay vgcreate vg_name /dev/sdb(4) ====== Usecase LVM ====== ===== - Extend lv to new disk ===== * Step by step: https://www.rootusers.com/how-to-increase-the-size-of-a-linux-lvm-by-adding-a-new-disk/