raw logical volume

[Asad Malik]

Hi
how to access raw logical volume and store files on it.
On block LV we can create filesystem and access through mount point.

[John Palmer · Accepted solution]

Hi Asad,

You can't 'store files' on a raw logical volume without creating a filesystem and mounting it.

What you can do with it depends on the application which is going to use it as an area of disk space, supply the volume name instead of a regular filename.

For instance with Oracle, you configure it by creating a tablespace on '/dev/vg??/rlvol?' and Oracle formats the volume as it requires.

Regards,
John

[Rainer_1]

on raw device you can store files with ie:
tar cvf /dev/vgXX/rlvolX files ...
but this is not usual
Also remember that filesystems are created with raw devices but accessed via block devices / mount points.