XFS on LVM
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PREFACE

This is a quick reference to setting XFS up on LVM. For more information
please see the LVM HOWTO at:

                http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO.html

PREREQUISITES

You need a kernel with LVM support either built in or as a module.
This document assumes lvm as a module.

SETTING UP LVM

>>> Load module

      [root@crash /sbin]# modprobe lvm-mod

>>> Set partition type to 0x8e for partitions you wish to use with LVM

      [root@crash /sbin]# fdisk /dev/sda1
      Command (m for help): t
      Partition number (1-4): 1
      Hex code (type L to list codes): 8e
      Changed system type of partition 1 to 8e (Unknown)

      Command (m for help): w
      The partition table has been altered!

>>> Write PV superblock on physical volumes

      [root@crash /root]# pvcreate /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1
      pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/sda1" successfully created
      pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/sdb1" successfully created
      pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/sdc1" successfully created
      pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/sdd1" successfully created

>>> Create a volume group consisting of the PVs we just set up

[root@crash /root]# vgcreate vg00 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1
      vgcreate -- INFO: using default physical extent size 4 MB
      vgcreate -- INFO: maximum logical volume size is 255.99 Gigabyte
      vgcreate -- doing automatic backup of volume group "vg00"
      vgcreate -- volume group "vg00" successfully created and activated

>>> Create a logical volume - striped across 4 PVs, 64 KB chunk size, 20 GB

[root@crash /root]# lvcreate -i 4 -I 64 -L 20G -n lv00 vg00
      lvcreate -- rounding 20971520 KB to stripe boundary size 20975616 KB / 5121 PE
      lvcreate -- doing automatic backup of "vg00"
      lvcreate -- logical volume "/dev/vg00/lv00" successfully created

>>> Build a filesystem on the LV

[root@crash /root]# mkfs -t xfs /dev/vg00/lv00 
      meta-data=/dev/vg00/lv00         isize=256    agcount=20, agsize=262144 blks
      data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=5242879, imaxpct=25
               =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks, unwritten=1
      naming   =version 2              bsize=4096  
      log      =internal log           bsize=4096   blocks=1200
      realtime =none                   extsz=65536  blocks=0, rtextents=0

[root@crash /root]# mount -t xfs /dev/vg00/lv00 /xfs

>>> Go nuts


After a reboot you will need to reactivate the VGs/LVs:

      modprobe lvm-mod
      vgchange -a y

These commands could be added to a startup script.