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| Newer page: | version 16 | Last edited on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 3:26:10 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
| Older page: | version 15 | Last edited on Friday, December 23, 2005 7:51:43 pm | by BenCorley | Revert |
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@
First, run vgscan:
# vgscan
vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created
- vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume group[4]
+ vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume group [4]
This creates a volume group descriptor area (VGDA) at the start of the disks.
# pvcreate /dev/sda4
pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/sda4" successfully created
-!Create a volume group (VG)[2]
+!Create a volume group (VG) [2]
This volume group can contain multiple discs, but in this case it only uses one.
# vgcreate lvmarray /dev/sda4
@@ -128,5 +128,5 @@
[1] __PV__: Physical Volume; a disc or a partition on a disc.
[2] __VG__: Volume Group; a group of one-or-more physical volumes across which you get a "virtual disk", a space to create logical volumes in.
[3] __LV__: Logical Volume; something you eventually create an FS on.
-[4] To create a __VGDA__ (Volume Group Descriptor Area) Backup
use !vgcfgbackup(8) regularly
+[4] To create a __VGDA__ (Volume Group Descriptor Area) backup,
use !vgcfgbackup(8).
