3.2.2 LVM Conguration with YaST
The YaST LVM conguration can be reached from the YaST Expert Partitioner (see
Section 3.1, “Using the YaST Partitioner” (page 73)) within the Volume Management
item in the System View pane. The Expert Partitioner allows you to edit and delete ex-
isting partitions and also create new ones that need to be used with LVM. The rst task
is to create PVs that provide space to a volume group:
1
Select a hard disk from Hard Disks.
2
Change to the Partitions tab.
3
Click Add and enter the desired size of the PV on this disk.
4
Use Do not format partition and change the File System ID to 0x8E Linux LVM. Do
not mount this partition.
5
Repeat this procedure until you have dened all the desired physical volumes on the
available disks.
3.2.2.1 Creating Volume Groups
If no volume group exists on your system, you must add one (see Figure 3.3, “Creating
a Volume Group” (page 85)). It is possible to create additional groups by clicking on
Volume Management in the System View pane, and then on Add Volume Group. One
single volume group is usually sufcient.
1
Enter a name for the VG, for example, system.
2
Select the desired Physical Extend Size. This value denes the size of a physical
block in the volume group. All the disk space in a volume group is handled in blocks
of this size.
3
Add the prepared PVs to the VG by selecting the device and clicking on Add. Select-
ing several devices is possible by holding Ctrl while selecting the devices.
4
Select Finish to make the VG available to further conguration steps.
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