lvm_volume_group

Manages LVM volume groups.

Actions

Action	Description
`:create`	(default) Creates a new volume group
`:extend`	Extend an existing volume group to include new physical volumes

Properties

Name	Type	Default	Description
`name`	String	name property	(required) Name of the volume group
`physical_volumes`	Array, String		(required) The device or list of devices to use as physical volumes (if they haven't already been initialized as physical volumes, they will be initialized automatically)
`physical_extent_size`	String	`nil`	The physical extent size for the volume group
`logical_volume`	Proc	`nil`	Shortcut for creating a new `lvm_logical_volume` definition (the logical volumes will be created in the order they are declared)
`wipe_signatures`	`true`, `false`	`false`	Force the creation of the Volume Group, even if `lvm` detects existing non-LVM data on disk
`thin_pool`	Proc	`nil`	Shortcut for creating a new `lvm_thin_pool` definition (the logical volumes will be created in the order they are declared)

Examples

lvm_volume_group 'vg00' do
  physical_volumes ['/dev/sda', '/dev/sdb', '/dev/sdc']
  wipe_signatures true
 
  logical_volume 'logs' do
    size        '1G'
    filesystem  'xfs'
    mount_point location: '/var/log', options: 'noatime,nodiratime'
    stripes     3
  end
 
  logical_volume 'home' do
    size        '25%VG'
    filesystem  'ext4'
    mount_point '/home'
    stripes     3
    mirrors     2
  end
 
  thin_pool "lv-thin-pool" do
    size '5G'
    stripes 2
 
    thin_volume "thin01" do
      size '10G'
      filesystem  'ext4'
      mount_point location: '/var/thin01', options: 'noatime,nodiratime'
    end
  end
end

Lvm Thin Volume Readme