allocating a logical volume to a certain disk in a volume group

[Jerry Sims]

Can I assign a locgical volume to a certain
disk in the volume group ?

[Marco Santerre · Accepted solution]

Yes you can. What you have to do is basically create your logical volume by just assigning a name and then when you extend you specify the disk.

# lvcreate -n lvol10 vg01
# lvextend -l 300 /dev/vg01/lvol10 /dev/dsk/c1t1d0

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Jerry:

Yes, in two steps. You must allocate the logical volume with a ZERO-size with 'lvcreate'. Then, use 'lvextend' to specify the real size (increase) and specify the *physical* volume then. See the man pages for 'lvcreate' and 'lvextend' for more information.

Regards!

...JRF...

[RAC_1]

lvcreate and then lvextend.

lvextend -L new_size lvol_name pv_name.

or you user pvmove also.

Check man pages.

[Helen French]

Yes. Create the LV with "0" size first (lvcreate) and then use lvextend command to extend the LV to the required size and specify the pv name there:

# lvcreate -L 0 lv_name
# lvextend -L new_or_required_size lv_name pv_path