server - What is LVM and what is it used for? - Ask Ubuntu
Sep 4, 2010 · As a Linux/Ubuntu newbie, what is LVM and what is it used for? In terms of a web server installation, what benefits does it provide? Would you recommend using it?
How do I check whether I am using LVM? - Ask Ubuntu
61 I installed Ubuntu by choosing the option "Something else" at the step called "Allocate drive space" of the installer. Then I created my own partition table. Now that Ubuntu is installed, can …
partitioning - Extend LVM size - Ask Ubuntu
May 5, 2022 · I recently cloned my ubuntu from a 250GB SSD to my new 2TB SSD. It automatically created an LVM with 248GB with my root filesystem in it. I would like to resize …
How can I create one logical volume over two disks using LVM?
Nov 21, 2012 · Or do I use LVM to make a logical volume of these two disks? I can't seem to find the documentation I need, it's mostly about extending existing volumes or installing a fresh …
Ubuntu does not use full disk space - how to extend?
Jul 9, 2022 · Because Ubuntu uses an LVM volume, the size of the volume needs to be changed first before the resize2fs can increase the size of the underlying file system. This can be done …
Ubuntu 24.04 installer not showing encrypted lvm partitions (luks)
Apr 25, 2024 · I’m experiencing a similar issue with the Ubuntu installer not detecting my LVM partitions, even though they are not encrypted with LUKS.
How can I resize an active LVM partition? - Ask Ubuntu
I am quite new to LVM and I'm uncertain about what is happening here. I was not the one to initially setup this machine. There is a harddrive of 1tb in size and an LVM partition of only …
How can I resize an LVM partition? (i.e: physical volume)
I want to shrink my second (LVM) partition, in order to create a new partition in the newly freed space. I am using the Live CD to do so, because I know I can't resize/move this partition while …
How do I shrink the root logical volume (LV) on LVM?
The LVM tool are not built-in to the Live CD, so first we must install them: sudo apt-get install lvm2 Find the name of the Volume Group (henceforth “somevg”) that contains the root Logical …
LVM2 Partitions are not mounted after reboot - Ask Ubuntu
i have a ubuntu server system on a dell hardware with two logical LVM2 volumes. One is the boot system an the other is the data storage exist out of two physicall drives which are organized as …