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lvm:tldr:18348
This command is used to create a logical volume using LVM (Logical Volume Manager) in Linux. Here's the breakdown:
-
sudo
: It stands for "superuser do" and is used to execute the following command with administrative privileges. It asks for the password of the superuser or a user with sudo privileges. -
lvm
: It's the command-line tool for managing Logical Volume Manager. -
lvcreate
: It is a sub-command oflvm
used to create a new logical volume. -
-L ${10G}
: This option specifies the size of the logical volume to be created.${10G}
is a variable representing the size of 10 gigabytes. So, this command will create a logical volume with a size of 10 GB. -
${vg1}
: This is another variable representing the name of the volume group in which the new logical volume will be created. The volume group is a pool of physical volumes (hard drives or partitions) from which logical volumes are created. You need to replace${vg1}
with the actual name of the volume group.
Overall, this command creates a new logical volume of 10GB within the specified volume group.