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lvcreate:tldr:5f493
lvcreate: Create a logical volume called mylv that uses 60% of the total space in volume group vg1.
$ lvcreate -l ${60%VG} -n ${mylv} ${vg1}
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The command lvcreate
is used to create a logical volume in Linux.
Here is the breakdown of the command you provided:
lvcreate
: This is the command to create a logical volume.-l ${60%VG}
: The-l
option specifies the size of the logical volume.${60%VG}
is used to specify that the logical volume will occupy 60% of the available space in the volume group (VG).-n ${mylv}
: The-n
option is used to specify the name of the logical volume.${mylv}
is a variable that holds the desired name for the logical volume.${vg1}
: This is a variable that holds the name of the volume group (VG) where the logical volume will be created.
In summary, this command creates a logical volume with a size of 60% of the available space in the provided volume group (${vg1}
), and assigns it the name specified in the ${mylv}
variable.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.