commit 0f0e0a74e93a1e38f7b9e17cc7269d8439533c2b
Author: Petr Bokoc <pbokoc(a)redhat.com>
Date: Mon Nov 17 19:23:53 2014 +0100
Adding a procedure for LVM creation to CustomSpoke
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<section id="sect-installation-gui-manual-partitioning-lvm">
<title>Creating a Logical Volume Managament (LVM) Layout</title>
<para>
- text
+ <firstterm>Logical Volume Management</firstterm> (LVM) presents a
simple logical view of underlying physical storage space, such as hard drives or LUNs.
Partitions on physical storage are represented as <firstterm>physical
volumes</firstterm> that can be grouped together into <firstterm>volume
groups</firstterm>. Each volume group can be divided into multiple
<firstterm>logical volumes</firstterm>, each of which is analogous to a
standard disk partition. Therefore, LVM logical volumes function as partitions that can
span multiple physical disks.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <remark>TODO: xref to the LVM appendix</remark>
+ </para>
+ <important>
+ <para>
+ During text-mode installation, manual LVM configuration is not available. You
can switch to a shell as described in <xref
linkend="sect-consoles-logs-during-installation" /> and use the
<command>pvcreate</command>, <command>vgcreate</command> and
<command>lvcreate</command> commands, or you can use a Kickstart file. See
<xref linkend="chap-kickstart-installations" /> for information about
Kickstart installations.
+ </para>
+ </important>
+ <para>
+ <remark>TODO: screen</remark>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Follow the procedure below to create LVM logical volumes and volume groups.
+ </para>
+ <procedure>
+ <title>Creating LVM Logical Volumes and Groups</title>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ Click the <guilabel>+</guilabel> button at the bottom of the
list showing existing mount points. A new dialog window will open.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ In the new dialog window, specify a mount point you want to create a
separate logical volume for - for example, <filename
class="directory">/</filename>. Optionally, specify a size for the
volume using standard units such as MB or GB (for example,
<literal>50GB</literal>). Then, click <guilabel>Add mount
point</guilabel> to add the volume and return to the main partitioning screen.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ The mount point has now been created using the default settings, which
means it has been created as a logical volume, and a volume group has been created to
contain it. Click the newly created mount point in the left pane to configure it further.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ In the <guilabel>Volume Group</guilabel> menu, you can see
that the volume has been assigned to an automatically created volume group, which is named
after the &PRODUCT; variant you are installing (for example,
<literal>fedora-server</literal>. Click the
<guilabel>Modify</guilabel> button under the drop-down menu to access the
volume group settings.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ In the <guilabel>Configure Volume Group</guilabel> dialog,
you can change the volume group's name, its <guilabel>RAID
level</guilabel> (see <xref
linkend="sect-installation-gui-manual-partitioning-swraid" /> for details
about software RAID), and you can also specify which physical devices (disks) this volume
group should reside on. You can select one or more disks which will be used to hold this
volume group by holding down <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> and clicking each disk in
the list.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can also make sure that the volume group is encrypted by selecting
the <guilabel>Encrypt</guilabel> option; this will enable LUKS encryption for
the entire volume group. See the <citetitle>&PRODUCT; Security
Guide</citetitle>, available at the <ulink
url="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/">&PRODUCT; Documentation
website</ulink>, for information about LUKS disk encryption.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Additionally, you can set a fixed size for the volume group by selecting
the <guilabel>Fixed</guilabel> option from the <guilabel>Size
policy</guilabel> menu, and entering a size for the volume group.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ After you finish configuring the volume group settings, click
<guilabel>Save</guilabel> to return to the main <guilabel>Manual
Partitioning</guilabel> screen.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ If you need to create more than one volume group, open the
<guilabel>Volume Group</guilabel> drop-down menu, and select the
<guilabel>Create a new volume group</guilabel> option. A new dialog window
will open, identical to the one described in the previous step; again, select a name,
storage devices, encryption settings, RAID level and size policy for the new group, and
click <guilabel>Save</guilabel>. The new volume group will then become
available in the <guilabel>Volume Group</guilabel> drop-down menu; you can
then go through your existing logical volumes and change this setting to assign them to a
different volume group.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ Configure other settings specific to the logical volume - its
<guilabel>Mount Point</guilabel>, <guilabel>Desired
Capacity</guilabel>, <guilabel>File System</guilabel>, and
<guilabel>Name</guilabel>. Press <guilabel>Update
Settings</guilabel> to apply any changes to the configuration.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ </procedure>
+ <para>
+ Repeat this procedure for any additional logical volumes you want to create. Note
that when creating additional LVM logical volumes, a new volume group is not automatically
created; instead, any additional volumes are assigned to an existing group. For each
volume you create, review its settings and make sure that it is assigned to the correct
group, that it has a reasonable size, and that it has a descriptive name so you can
identify the volume later if you need to.
</para>
</section>