From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx14.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.19]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pA1Ij8D8031494 for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2011 14:45:08 -0400 Received: from smtp.iplink.net (smtp.iplink.net [192.139.81.186]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pA1Ij746008947 for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2011 14:45:07 -0400 Message-ID: <4EB03E2E.3050003@alteeve.com> Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:45:02 -0400 From: Digimer MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <604704853.1651560.1320172792894.JavaMail.root@sz0126a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <604704853.1651560.1320172792894.JavaMail.root@sz0126a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] N00b Question: Logical Volume without a Logical Volume Group ? Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: LVM general discussion and development Cc: Dan White On 11/01/2011 02:39 PM, Dan White wrote: > Is a logical volume group necessary before one can start making mountable partitions ? > > I'm trying to work with a SAN. We were allocated a 10Gb LUN to "play" with. Another admin created a logical volume on the LUN and then made a single partition out of the logical volume. The flow I am familiar with from Red Hat's GUI is to first make a logical volume group, then make partitions in the group that I can adjust in size as necessary. > > Are both workflows valid ? LVs must be created from VGs. -- Digimer E-Mail: digimer@alteeve.com Freenode handle: digimer Papers and Projects: http://alteeve.com Node Assassin: http://nodeassassin.org "omg my singularity battery is dead again. stupid hawking radiation." - epitron