lvm_thin_volume

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Manages LVM thin volumes (which are simply logical volumes created with the --thin argument to lvcreate and are contained inside of other logical volumes that were created with the --thinpool option to lvcreate).

Actions

Action	Description
`:create`	(default) Create a new thin logical volume
`:resize`	Resize an existing thin logical volume (resizing only handles extending existing, this action will not shrink volumes due to the `lvextend` command being passed)

Properties

Name	Type	Default	Description
`name`	String	name property	Name of the logical volume
`group`	String		(required) Volume group in which to create the new volume (not required if the volume is declared inside of an `lvm_volume_group` block)
`pool`	String		(required) Thin pool volume in which to create the new volume (not required if the volume is declared inside of an `lvm_thin_pool` block)
`size`	String		(required) Size of the thin volume, including units (k, K, m, M, g, G, t, T)
`filesystem`	String	`nil`	The format for the file system
`filesystem_params`	String	`nil`	Optional parameters to use when formatting the file system
`mount_point`	String, Hash	`nil`	Either a String containing the path to the mount point, or a Hash

mount_point

If using a Hash, it must contain the following keys:

location - (required) the directory to mount the volume on
options - the mount options for the volume
dump - the dump field for the fstab entry
pass - the pass field for the fstab entry

Examples

lvm_thin_volume 'thin01' do
  group       'vg00'
  pool        'lv-thin-pool'
  size        '5G'
  filesystem  'ext4'
  mount_point location: '/var/thin01', options: 'noatime,nodiratime'
end

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