[EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/cciss/c0d0p2 29G 4.4G 24G 16% /
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 99M 28M 67M 30% /boot
none 5.9G 0 5.9G 0% /dev/shm
tubaircargui4:/home 129G 82G 42G 67% /home
tubaircargui4:/opt/carmen
270G 124G 132G 49% /opt/carmen
/dev/mapper/volumegroup1-optcarmenbackup--lv
118G 92M 112G 1% /opt/carmenbackup
/dev/mapper/volumegroup1-backup--lv
83G 88M 79G 1% /backup
*Steps:*
# pvcreate -M2 /dev/cciss/c0d1p1 //
to create a PV with LVM2 Support (M2 for LVM2 format, M1 for LVM1)
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/cciss/c0d1p1 bs=512 count=1 // Like format
the PV
# vgcreate -M2 -s32 volumegroup1 /dev/cciss/c0d1p1 // Create a VG
with LVM2 Support and Assign PE (Physical Extent to 32MB)
# lvcreate -d -v -L 84G volumegroup1 -n backup-lv // Create
a LV of 84GB for /backup
# lvcreate -d -v -l 3823 volumegroup1 -n optcarmenbackup-lv //Create
a LV of remaining PE size
# mkfs -t ext3 /dev/volumegroup1/optcarmenbackup-lv // Create a ext3
filesystem for optcarmenbackup-lv
# mkfs -t ext3 /dev/volumegroup1/backup-lv // Create
a ext3 filesystem for backup-lv
# mount -t ext3 /dev/volumegroup1/optcarmenbackup-lv
/opt/carmenbackup/ // Mount a filesystem with LV
# mount -t ext3 /dev/volumegroup1/backup-lv
/backup // Mount a filesystem
with LV
