To Create a New logical volume in Linux

Execute the below command to create the new logical volume “netcoolvol01” from “systemvg” Volume group. Please use “vgs” & “lvs” command to know the free space in a volume group


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lvcreate -L10000 -n netcoolvol01 systemvg


Execute the below command to format the new file system

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mkfs -t ext3 /dev/mapper/systemvg-netcoolvol01

Mount the new file system
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mount /dev/mapper/systemvg-netcoolvol01 /mnt

[root@dbserver /]# df –h /mnt

/dev/mapper/systemvg-netcoolvol01 9.7G 55M 9.1G 1% /mnt

[root@dbserver /]#