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Chapter 4. Basic logical volume management

Chapter 4. Basic logical volume management

Logical Volume Manager (LVM) creates a layer of abstraction over physical storage, which helps you to create logical storage volumes. This offers more flexibility compared to direct physical storage usage.

With LVM, you can do the following tasks:

Create new logical volumes to extend storage capabilities of your system
Extend existing volumes and thin pools to accommodate growing data
Rename volumes for better organization
Reduce volumes to free up unused space
Safely remove volumes when they are no longer needed
Activate or deactivate volumes to control the system’s access to its data :leveloffset: +1

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