3.6. Creating LVM-VDO volumes in the web console
Create an LVM-VDO volume in the RHEL web console.
Prerequisites
You have installed the RHEL 10 web console.
For instructions, see Installing and enabling the web console.
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You have installed the
cockpit-storagedpackage on your system. - You have created an LVM2 group from which you want to create an LVM-VDO volume.
Procedure
- Log in to the RHEL 10 web console.
- In the panel, click Storage.
- Click the menu button [⋮] for the LVM2 group in which you want to create an LVM-VDO volume and click Create new logical volume.
- In the Name field, enter a name for your LVM-VDO volume without spaces.
- From the Purpose drop-down list, select VDO filesystem volume.
- In the Size slider, set up the physical size of your LVM-VDO volume.
In the Logical size slider, set up the size of the LVM-VDO volume. You can extend it more than ten times, but consider for what purpose you are creating the LVM-VDO volume:
- For active VMs or container storage, use a logical size that is ten times the physical size of the volume.
- For object storage, use a logical size that is three times the physical size of the volume.
- In the Options list, select Compression and Deduplication.
- Click .
Verification
- Check that you can see the new LVM-VDO volume in the Storage section.