How to Setup Additional LVM in CentOS 5.5

In this post, i will share on how to setup additional LVM in CentOS 5.5.

1. Assumed that new hard disk 2 (sdb) has been added in this CentOS 5.5 server.
2. Print the current partition table of the hard disk :

    [root@server ~]# fdisk -lu
    
    Disk /dev/sda: 21.4 GB, 21474836480 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders, total 41943040 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    
       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sda1   *          63      208844      104391   83  Linux
    /dev/sda2          208845     2313359     1052257+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
    /dev/sda3         2313360    14667344     6176992+  8e  Linux LVM
    /dev/sda4        14667345    41929649    13631152+  8e  Linux LVM
    
    Disk /dev/sdb: 21.4 GB, 21474836480 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders, total 41943040 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    
    Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table
    

3. Create new partition for /dev/sdb using below command.

    [root@server ~]# fdisk /dev/sdb
    Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
    Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,
    until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous
    content won't be recoverable.
    
    
    The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 2610.
    There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
    and could in certain setups cause problems with:
    1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
    2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
       (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
    Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)
    
    Command (m for help): n
    Command action
       e   extended
       p   primary partition (1-4)
    p
    Partition number (1-4): 1
    First cylinder (1-2610, default 1):
    Using default value 1
    Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-2610, default 2610):
    Using default value 2610
    
    Command (m for help): t
    Selected partition 1
    Hex code (type L to list codes): 8e
    Changed system type of partition 1 to 8e (Linux LVM)
    
    Command (m for help): p
    
    Disk /dev/sdb: 21.4 GB, 21474836480 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    
       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sdb1               1        2610    20964793+  8e  Linux LVM
    
    Command (m for help): w
    The partition table has been altered!
    
    Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
    Syncing disks.
    
    [root@server ~]# mke2fs -j /dev/sdb1
    mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
    Filesystem label=
    OS type: Linux
    Block size=4096 (log=2)
    Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
    2621440 inodes, 5241198 blocks
    262059 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
    First data block=0
    Maximum filesystem blocks=0
    160 block groups
    32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
    16384 inodes per group
    Superblock backups stored on blocks:
            32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
            4096000
    
    Writing inode tables: done
    Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
    Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
    
    This filesystem will be automatically checked every 24 mounts or
    180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
    

4. Next create the new partitions for this LVM.

    [root@server ~]# pvcreate /dev/sdb1
      Physical volume "/dev/sdb1" successfully created
    

5. Display the Physical Volume using command below:

    [root@server ~]# pvdisplay
      --- Physical volume ---
      PV Name               /dev/sda4
      VG Name               VolGroup00
      PV Size               13.00 GB / not usable 3.67 MB
      Allocatable           yes (but full)
      PE Size (KByte)       4096
      Total PE              3327
      Free PE               0
      Allocated PE          3327
      PV UUID               JgYuxF-UJiB-t148-g5WQ-Lx05-Ozk1-13UwAR
    
      "/dev/sdb1" is a new physical volume of "19.99 GB"
      --- NEW Physical volume ---
      PV Name               /dev/sdb1
      VG Name
      PV Size               19.99 GB
      Allocatable           NO
      PE Size (KByte)       0
      Total PE              0
      Free PE               0
      Allocated PE          0
      PV UUID               246F8V-FMTR-WNK0-9305-q2sf-PKtC-VQXOQr
    

6. Create new volume group for /dev/sdb1. Assumed that previous volume goup is VolGroup00. So next volume group will be VolGroup01.

    [root@server ~]# vgcreate VolGroup01 /dev/sdb1
      Volume group "VolGroup01" successfully created
    

7. Display the existing Volume Group.

    [root@server ~]# vgdisplay
      --- Volume group ---
      VG Name               VolGroup01
      System ID
      Format                lvm2
      Metadata Areas        1
      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                1
      Act PV                1
      VG Size               19.99 GB
      PE Size               4.00 MB
      Total PE              5118
      Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0
      Free  PE / Size       5118 / 19.99 GB
      VG UUID               tvLVhu-6Nzo-jB0b-oZQ4-VY30-9TP4-Dhxvvm
    
      --- Volume group ---
      VG Name               VolGroup00
      System ID
      Format                lvm2
      Metadata Areas        1
      Metadata Sequence No  2
      VG Access             read/write
      VG Status             resizable
      MAX LV                0
      Cur LV                1
      Open LV               1
      Max PV                0
      Cur PV                1
      Act PV                1
      VG Size               13.00 GB
      PE Size               4.00 MB
      Total PE              3327
      Alloc PE / Size       3327 / 13.00 GB
      Free  PE / Size       0 / 0
      VG UUID               3XozzT-3A3w-6eXs-XoEb-yRN1-v9FM-N0YheL
    

8. Create logical volumes with the name of optvol into VolGroup01 volume group.

    [root@server ~]# lvcreate --name optvol -l 100%FREE VolGroup01
      Logical volume "optvol" created
    

9. Display the logical volumes.

    [root@server ~]# lvdisplay
      --- Logical volume ---
      LV Name                /dev/VolGroup01/optvol
      VG Name                VolGroup01
      LV UUID                YXkMnR-l7gH-tj0r-dCUt-Ncl7-aTmb-Vas4Tp
      LV Write Access        read/write
      LV Status              available
      # open                 0
      LV Size                19.99 GB
      Current LE             5118
      Segments               1
      Allocation             inherit
      Read ahead sectors     auto
      - currently set to     256
      Block device           253:1
    
      --- Logical volume ---
      LV Name                /dev/VolGroup00/datavol
      VG Name                VolGroup00
      LV UUID                KowzAO-WWMj-O0xw-IY31-Gfqv-sjaE-nYvdhk
      LV Write Access        read/write
      LV Status              available
      # open                 1
      LV Size                13.00 GB
      Current LE             3327
      Segments               1
      Allocation             inherit
      Read ahead sectors     auto
      - currently set to     256
      Block device           253:0
    

10. creating a file with the mke2fs command

    [root@server ~]# mke2fs -j /dev/VolGroup01/optvol
    mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
    Filesystem label=
    OS type: Linux
    Block size=4096 (log=2)
    Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
    2621440 inodes, 5240832 blocks
    262041 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
    First data block=0
    Maximum filesystem blocks=0
    160 block groups
    32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
    16384 inodes per group
    Superblock backups stored on blocks:
            32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
            4096000
    
    Writing inode tables: done
    Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
    Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
    
    This filesystem will be automatically checked every 38 mounts or
    180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
    
    [root@server ~]# e2label /dev/VolGroup01/optvol /opt
    
    [root@server ~]# vi /etc/fstab
    
    [root@server ~]# mount /opt
    
    [root@server ~]# df -lh
    Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda3             5.8G  4.3G  1.2G  79% /
    /dev/sda1              99M   12M   83M  13% /boot
    tmpfs                 506M     0  506M   0% /dev/shm
    /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-datavol
                           13G  855M   12G   7% /data
    /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-optvol
                           20G  173M   19G   1% /opt
    
    [root@server ~]# fdisk -lu
    
    Disk /dev/sda: 21.4 GB, 21474836480 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders, total 41943040 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    
       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sda1   *          63      208844      104391   83  Linux
    /dev/sda2          208845     2313359     1052257+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
    /dev/sda3         2313360    14667344     6176992+  8e  Linux LVM
    /dev/sda4        14667345    41929649    13631152+  8e  Linux LVM
    
    Disk /dev/sdb: 21.4 GB, 21474836480 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders, total 41943040 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    
       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sdb1              63    41929649    20964793+  8e  Linux LVM
    

References:

    https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LVM
    http://vr.org/docs/centos/5/html/Cluster_Logical_Volume_Manager/LV_create.html
    http://serverfault.com/questions/41904/volume-group-out-of-space-how-do-i-reclaim-it
    http://www.idevelopment.info/data/Unix/Linux/LINUX_ManagingPhysicalLogicalVolumes.shtml
    http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Root_filesystem_over_LVM2,_DM-Crypt_and_RAID
    http://wingloon.com/2009/01/16/setup-additional-lvm-in-centos-52/
    http://rute.2038bug.com/node22.html.gz
    

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