Create and Extend Logical Volumes

Question 1

What command makes a partition in a single line for setting them to Linux LVM?

Answer 1

parted /dev/<device> mkpart <partition> <Starting> <Ending></Ending></Starting></partition></device>

Question 2

What command sets a partition o Linux LVM type?

Answer 2

parted dev/<device> set <partition#> lvm on</device>

Question 3

What command registers a new partition with the kernel?

Answer 3

udevadm settle

Question 4

What command labels partitions as physical volumes?

Answer 4

pvcreate /dev/<partition></partition>

Question 5

What command creates a volume group from a physical volume?

Answer 5

vgcreate <volume> /dev/<physical></physical></volume>

Question 6

What command creates a logical volume with a specified size?

Answer 6

lvcreate -n <name> -L <Length/size> <Volume></Volume></name>

Question 7

What command formats a logical volume with the XFS file system?

Answer 7

mkfs -t xfs /dev/<volume_group>/<logical_volume></logical_volume></volume_group>

Question 8

What command views Physical Volume status information?

Answer 8

pvdisplay /dev/<physical_volume></physical_volume>

Question 9

What command views the status of a Volume group?

Answer 9

vgdispaly <volume_group></volume_group>

Question 10

What command displays logical volume information?

Answer 10

lvdisplay /dev/<volume_group/<logical_volume></logical_volume>

Question 11

What command view the free disk space in human-readable units?

Answer 11

df -h /<mountpoint></mountpoint>

Question 12

What command extends a volume group by using a physical volume?

Answer 12

vgextend <volume_group> /dev/<physical_volume></physical_volume></volume_group>

Question 13

What command extends a logical volume a specified length?

Answer 13

lvextend -L 700M /dev/<volume_group/<logical_volume></logical_volume>

Question 14

What command extends an XFS file system to use the free space on a logical volume?

Answer 14

xfs_growfs </mountpoint>