LVM2 - Logical Volume Management, take 2

Table of contents

• Disk-Space Management - Why is it so hard?
• LVM
  • LVM History
  • LVM2 Capabilities
  • Glossary
• Using LVM2
  • Exercising With Loop Block Devices
  • Creating A Volume Group
  • Creating A Logical Volume
  • A File-System On A Logical Volume
  • Extending The Capacity Of A Logical Volume
  • What Is A Snapshot?
    • Creating A Snapshot Of A Logical Volume
    • What-What?? What Is Going On With This Snapshot?!?
    • Properties Of Snapshots
• LVM2 Internals
  • LVM2 Labels And UUID-s
  • The Layout Of A Logical Volume
  • The Structure Of A Snapshot
  • The Write On An Origin Of A Snapshot
  • The dm-table
  • BIO Lists
• Companions Of LVM2
  • Mirroring With The DRBD Driver
  • The Multi-Pathing Driver
• References

Originally written by guy keren