lvcreate

Creates a logical volume in an existing volume group. A volume group is a collection of logical and physical volumes.

See also: `lvm`.

• Create a logical volume of 10 gigabytes in the volume group vg1:

lvcreate -L {10G} {vg1}

• Create a 1500 megabyte linear logical volume named mylv in the volume group vg1:

lvcreate -L {1500} -n {mylv} {vg1}

• Create a logical volume called mylv that uses 60% of the total space in volume group vg1:

lvcreate -l {60%VG} -n {mylv} {vg1}

• Create a logical volume called mylv that uses all the unallocated space in the volume group vg1:

lvcreate -l {100%FREE} -n {mylv} {vg1}

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