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On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 12:57:57AM +0100, 'Tom Zander' via qubes-users wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've set up a new qubes install and created two LVM volume groups. I wanted 
> to try and see how this works with qubes and I tried out the pools concept.
> 
> The problem is that I think I did everything according to the docs, but the 
> qvm-create command gives me an error message.
> 
> Can someone find out what I did wrong?
> 
> 
> sudo vgs -a
>   VG         #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize   VFree
>   Slow         1   1   0 wz--n- 391.51g 391.01g
>   qubes_dom0   1   2   0 wz--n-  59.33g  37.33g
> sudo lvcreate -L 37g -n systems qubes_dom0
> sudo lvcreate -L 390.5g -n data Slow

You need yo create those as thin pools, not standard volumes. For
example this way:
lvcreate -L 37g --thinpool systems qubes_dom0

> sudo lvs
>   LV      VG         Attr       LSize   Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log 
> Cpy%Sync Convert
>   data    Slow       -wi-a----- 390.50g
>   adminvm qubes_dom0 -wi-ao----  22.00g
>   systems qubes_dom0 -wi-a-----  37.00g
> 
> qvm-pool -a qubes_ssd lvm_thin -o 
> volume_group=qubes_dom0,thin_pool=systems,revisions_to_keep=0
> qvm-pool -a data lvm_thin -o 
> volume_group=Slow,thin_pool=data,revisions_to_keep=0
> 
> qvm-create -P qubes_ssd --template fedora-25 -l green --class AppVM test
> app: Error creating VM: b'  Logical volume qubes_dom0/systems is not a thin 
> pool.\n'
> 
> 
> Any help appreciated!

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Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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