测试环境:RHEL5.3;硬盘8G,1000M一个分区分成6个 
 
 一、创建逻辑卷的步骤: 
 
 1)通过pvcreate命令将linux分区处理成物理卷(PV); 
 
 2)通过vgcreate命令将创建好的物理卷处理成卷组(Vg); 
 
 3)通过lvcreate命令将卷组分成若干个逻辑卷(Lv); 
 
 之后我们可以对逻辑卷进行格式化,挂载,删除等操作,我们可以动态的调整逻辑卷的大小,并且该操作不会影响我们在逻辑卷(Lv)上的数据。 
 
 二、物理卷创建管理操作: 
 
 1)pvcreate创建物理卷:( 把普通Linux分区变成物理卷) 
 
 格式:pvcreate /dev/sdb{1,2,3...}   
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# [root@station1 ~]# pvcreate /dev/sdb{1,2,3,5,6,7} 
 
 Physical volume "/dev/sdb3" successfully created 
 
 Physical volume "/dev/sdb5" successfully created 
 
 Physical volume "/dev/sdb6" successfully created 
 
 Physical volume "/dev/sdb7" successfully created 
 
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 2)pvscan查看物理卷信息:会显示所有物理卷的情况。 
 
 格式:pvscan 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# pvscan 
 
 PV /dev/sdb1                      lvm2 [964.81 MB] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb2                      lvm2 [964.84 MB] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb3                      lvm2 [964.84 MB] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb5                      lvm2 [964.81 MB] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb6                      lvm2 [964.81 MB] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb7                      lvm2 [964.81 MB] 
 
 Total: 6 [5.65 GB] / in use: 0 [0   ] / in no VG: 6 [5.65 GB] 
 
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 3)pvdisplay查看各个物理卷的详细参数: 
 
 格式:pvdisplay  [/dev/sdb{1,2,3...}]  不跟参数则显示所有的物理卷信息 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# pvdisplay /dev/sdb1 
 
 "/dev/sdb1" is a new physical volume of "964.81 MB" 
 
 --- NEW Physical volume --- 
 
 PV Name               /dev/sdb1 
 
 VG Name 
 
 PV Size               964.81 MB 
 
 Allocatable           NO 
 
 PE Size (KByte)       0 
 
 Total PE              0 
 
 Free PE               0 
 
 Allocated PE          0 
 
 PV UUID               FKaYKk-d46E-KHCQ-WRnn-jUUE-Cd1d-mM8mPN 
 
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 4)pvremove删除物理卷:当物理卷里的扩展快没有被使用时可以删除。 
 
 格式:pvremove  /dev/sdb5 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# pvscan 
 
 PV /dev/sdb7   VG vg1             lvm2 [960.00 MB / 960.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb1   VG vg0             lvm2 [964.00 MB / 964.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb2   VG vg0             lvm2 [964.00 MB / 964.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb3   VG vg0             lvm2 [964.00 MB / 964.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb5                      lvm2 [964.81 MB] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb6                      lvm2 [964.81 MB] 
 
 Total: 6 [5.65 GB] / in use: 4 [3.76 GB] / in no VG: 2 [1.88 GB] 
 
 [root@station1 ~]# pvremove /dev/sdb5 
 
 Labels on physical volume "/dev/sdb5" successfully wiped 
 
 [root@station1 ~]# pvscan 
 
 PV /dev/sdb7   VG vg1             lvm2 [960.00 MB / 960.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb1   VG vg0             lvm2 [964.00 MB / 964.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb2   VG vg0             lvm2 [964.00 MB / 964.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb3   VG vg0             lvm2 [964.00 MB / 964.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb6                      lvm2 [964.81 MB] 
 
 Total: 5 [4.70 GB] / in use: 4 [3.76 GB] / in no VG: 1 [964.81 MB] 
 
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 三、卷组的创建管理: 
 
 1)vgcreate创建卷组: 
 
 格式:vgcreate [-s  <8M|16M|...>] vg0 /dev/sdb{1,2,3...} 
 
 -s:指定扩展块(PE)的大小,默认为4MB;(相当与磁盘上的簇,扩展逻辑卷的基本单位。 后面的值可以是8M 16M 32M 64M .....最多65532个扩展块。 
 
 vg0:新创建的卷组的名字。 
 
 /dev/sdb{1,2,3...}:需要的物理卷可以写多个; 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# vgcreate vg0 /dev/sdb{1,2,3} 
 
 Volume group "vg0" successfully created 
 
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 2)vgdisplay查看各个卷组的详细参数: 
 
 格式:vgdisplay  /dev/vg0 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# vgdisplay /dev/vg0 
 
 --- Volume group --- 
 
 VG Name               vg0 
 
 System ID 
 
 Format                lvm2 
 
 Metadata Areas        3 
 
 Metadata Sequence No  1 
 
 VG Access             read/write 
 
 VG Status             resizable 
 
 Cur PV                3 
 
 Act PV                3 
 
 VG Size               2.82 GB 
 
 PE Size               4.00 MB   //扩展快大小 默认4MB 
 
 Total PE              723 
 
 Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0 
 
 Free  PE / Size       723 / 2.82 GB 
 
 VG UUID               w4q8ET-UBLY-rHwg-2ZVv-NOw4-dd1e-1ABr2f 
 
 [root@station1 ~]# vgcreate -s 16M vg1 /dev/sdb{5,6,7} 
 
 Volume group "vg1" successfully created 
 
 [root@station1 ~]# vgdisplay /dev/vg1 
 
 --- Volume group --- 
 
 VG Name               vg1 
 
 System ID 
 
 Format                lvm2 
 
 Metadata Areas        3 
 
 Metadata Sequence No  1 
 
 VG Access             read/write 
 
 VG Status             resizable 
 
 Cur PV                3 
 
 Act PV                3 
 
 VG Size               2.81 GB 
 
 PE Size               16.00 MB     //指定扩展块大小为16MB 
 
 Total PE              180 
 
 Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0 
 
 Free  PE / Size       180 / 2.81 GB 
 
 VG UUID               x97eh2-JYxW-4Ygh-5axx-TquS-0vxR-YdFyJ1 
 
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 3)vgscan查看卷组的信息: 
 
 格式:vgsacn 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# vgscan 
 
 Found volume group "vg1" using metadata type lvm2 
 
 Found volume group "vg0" using metadata type lvm2 
 
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 4)vgreduce缩小卷组:把物理卷重卷组中删除。 
 
 格式:vgreduce vg0 /dev/sdb3 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# vgreduce vg0 /dev/sdb3 
 
 Removed "/dev/sdb3" from volume group "vg0" 
 
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 4)vgextend扩展卷组:把某个物理卷添加到卷组中。 
 
 格式:vgextend vg0 /dev/sdb2   将物理卷/dev/sdb2添加到vg0卷组        
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# vgextend vg0 /dev/sdb3 
 
 Volume group "vg0" successfully extended 
 
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 5)vgremove删除卷组: 
 
 格式:vgremove /dev/vg1 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# pvscan 
 
 PV /dev/sdb7   VG vg1   lvm2 [960.00 MB / 960.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb5   VG vg1   lvm2 [960.00 MB / 960.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb6   VG vg1   lvm2 [960.00 MB / 960.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb1   VG vg0   lvm2 [964.00 MB / 964.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb2   VG vg0   lvm2 [964.00 MB / 964.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb3   VG vg0   lvm2 [964.00 MB / 964.00 MB free] 
 
 Total: 6 [5.64 GB] / in use: 6 [5.64 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0   ] 
 
 [root@station1 ~]# vgremove /dev/vg1 
 
 Volume group "vg1" successfully removed 
 
 [root@station1 ~]# pvscan 
 
 PV /dev/sdb1   VG vg0             lvm2 [964.00 MB / 964.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb2   VG vg0             lvm2 [964.00 MB / 964.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb3   VG vg0             lvm2 [964.00 MB / 964.00 MB free] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb5                      lvm2 [964.81 MB] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb6                      lvm2 [964.81 MB] 
 
 PV /dev/sdb7                      lvm2 [964.81 MB] 
 
 Total: 6 [5.65 GB] / in use: 3 [2.82 GB] / in no VG: 3 [2.83 GB] 
 
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 四、逻辑卷的创建及管理: 
 
 1)lvcreate创建逻辑卷命令: 
 
 格式1:lvcreate -L 512M -n data vg0 
 
 -L 512M:设置逻辑卷的大小为512M。 
 
 -n data:设置逻辑卷的名字为data ;表示法:/dev/卷组名/data 
 
 vg0 :设置是有那个卷组生成的逻辑卷。 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# lvcreate -L 1000M -n data vg0 
 
 Logical volume "data" created 
 
 //创建一个容量为1000MB的逻辑卷data 
 
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 格式2:lvcreate -l 32 -n data vg0 
 
 -l 32:生成的逻辑卷使用32个扩展块,逻辑卷大小=32*PE(默认4M)则为128M 
 
 -n data:逻辑卷的名字; 
 
 vg0 :设置是有那个卷组生成的逻辑卷。 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# lvcreate -l 32 -n data128 vg0 
 
 Logical volume "data128" created 
 
 //创建一个32个扩展块,容量为32*4=128MB的逻辑卷data128 
 
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 2)格式化逻辑卷: 
 
 mkfs.ext3 /dev/vg0/data     mke2fs -j /dev/vg0/data 
 
 3)lvsacn查看逻辑卷的信息: 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# lvscan 
 
 ACTIVE            '/dev/vg0/data' [1000.00 MB] inherit 
 
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 4)lvdisplay查看逻辑卷的具体参数: 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# lvdisplay /dev/vg0/data 
 
 --- Logical volume --- 
 
 LV Name                /dev/vg0/data 
 
 VG Name                vg0 
 
 LV UUID                9Od1nq-cHmY-MlrL-vgXW-7Kam-pAfU-Qc8mal 
 
 LV Write Access        read/write 
 
 LV Status              available 
 
 # open                 0 
 
 LV Size                1000.00 MB 
 
 Current LE             250 
 
 Segments               2 
 
 Allocation             inherit 
 
 Read ahead sectors     auto 
 
 - currently set to     256 
 
 Block device           253:0 
 
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 3)增大逻辑卷大小: 
 
 lvextend命令:增大逻辑卷大小 
 
 格式:lvextend -L +100M /dev/vg0/data 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# lvextend -L +1000M /dev/vg0/data 
 
 Extending logical volume data to 1.95 GB 
 
 Logical volume data successfully resized 
 
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 resize2fs /dev/vg0/data  使上面增加的立即生效。 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# resize2fs /dev/vg0/data 
 
 resize2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006) 
 
 Resizing the filesystem on /dev/vg0/data to 512000 (4k) blocks. 
 
 The filesystem on /dev/vg0/data is now 512000 blocks long. 
 
 [root@station1 ~]# lvscan 
 
 ACTIVE            '/dev/vg0/data' [1.95 GB] inherit 
 
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 4)减少逻辑卷大小: 
 
 lvreduce命令:减少逻辑卷大小 
 
 格式:Lvreduce -L -100M /dev/vg0/data 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# lvreduce -L -1000M /dev/vg0/data 
 
 WARNING: Reducing active logical volume to 1000.00 MB 
 
 THIS MAY DESTROY YOUR DATA (filesystem etc.) 
 
 Do you really want to reduce data? [y/n]: y 
 
 Reducing logical volume data to 1000.00 MB 
 
 Logical volume data successfully resized 
 
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 resize2fs /dev/vg0/data  使上面增加的立即生效。 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# resize2fs /dev/vg0/data 
 
 resize2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006) 
 
 resize2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/vg0/data 
 
 Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock. 
 
 [root@station1 ~]# lvscan 
 
 ACTIVE            '/dev/vg0/data' [1000.00 MB] inherit 
 
 ACTIVE            '/dev/vg0/data128' [128.00 MB] inherit 
 
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 5)lvremove删除逻辑卷: 
 
 格式:lvremove /dev/卷组名/逻辑卷名 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# lvremove /dev/vg0/data128 
 
 Do you really want to remove active logical volume "data128"? [y/n]: y 
 
 Logical volume "data128" successfully removed 
 
 [root@station1 ~]# lvscan 
 
 ACTIVE            '/dev/vg0/data' [1000.00 MB] inherit 
 
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 五、LVM的快照: 
 
 1)快照的创建: 
 
 Lvcreate -l 64 -s -n databackup /dev/vg0/data 
 
 -l 64:之前我们已经说过了这里是 64个扩展块,总容量=64*单扩展块大小 
 
 -n databackup:生成的快照的名字。 
 
 /dev/vg0/data:源逻辑卷名字。 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# lvscan 
 
 ACTIVE            '/dev/vg0/data' [1000.00 MB] inherit 
 
 [root@station1 ~]# lvcreate -L 1000M -s -n databackup /dev/vg0/data 
 
 Logical volume "databackup" created 
 
 [root@station1 ~]# lvscan 
 
 ACTIVE   Original '/dev/vg0/data' [1000.00 MB] inherit 
 
 ACTIVE   Snapshot '/dev/vg0/databackup' [1000.00 MB] inherit 
 
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 2)快照的删除: 
 
 lvremove /dev/vg0/databackup 
 
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 [root@station1 ~]# lvremove /dev/vg0/databackup 
 
 Do you really want to remove active logical volume "databackup"? [y/n]: y 
 
 Logical volume "databackup" successfully removed 
 
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 六、总结: 
 
 创建逻辑卷的顺序:Linux分区---物理卷---卷组---逻辑卷 
 
 删除逻辑卷的顺序:逻辑卷---卷组----物理卷---Linux分区