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# lvm
> Manage physical volumes, volume groups, and logical volumes using the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) interactive shell.
> More information: <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/lvm.8.html>.
- Start the Logical Volume Manager interactive shell:
`sudo lvm`
- List the Logical Volume Manager commands:
`sudo lvm help`
- Initialize a drive or partition to be used as a physical volume:
`sudo lvm pvcreate {{/dev/sdXY}}`
- Display information about physcial volumes:
`sudo lvm pvdisplay`
- Create a volume group called vg1 from the physical volume on `/dev/sdXY`:
`sudo lvm vgcreate {{vg1}} {{/dev/sdXY}}`
- Display information about volume groups:
`sudo lvm vgdisplay`
- Create a logical volume with size 10G from volume group vg1:
`sudo lvm lvcreate -L {{10G}} {{vg1}}`
- Display information about logical volumes:
`sudo lvm lvdisplay`