3.6. Creating LVM-VDO volumes in the web console

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL 10 web console.
2. In the panel, click Storage.
3. Click the menu button [⋮] for the LVM2 group in which you want to create an LVM-VDO volume and click Create new logical volume.
4. In the Name field, enter a name for your LVM-VDO volume without spaces.
5. From the Purpose drop-down list, select VDO filesystem volume.
6. In the Size slider, set up the physical size of your LVM-VDO volume.

7. 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.
8. In the Options list, select Compression and Deduplication.
9. Click Create.