Is there a way using lvcreate to have it create the logical volume to
use ALL available space on the PV? Didn't see anything in the man
pages.

#lvcreate -L 16384 /dev/vg04

In article <2a3b16bc.0402181640.496b1037@posting.google.com>, Chad Williams wrote:
> Is there a way using lvcreate to have it create the logical volume to
> use ALL available space on the PV? Didn't see anything in the man
> pages.
> 
> #lvcreate -L 16384 /dev/vg04

If you want to create a lv on a specific pv, then you have to create
the lv, then extend it.  For instance:

lvcreate -n lvol23 /dev/vg04
lvextend -L 16384 /dev/vg04/lvol23 ${specific_dev}

HTH;

Doug

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Easy but not automatic:
vgdisplay -v will show you how many free extents you have.
And then you can specify this number:
lvcreate -l xxx (or lvextend -l ).



"Chad Williams" <chad_dude@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2a3b16bc.0402181640.496b1037@posting.google.com...
> Is there a way using lvcreate to have it create the logical volume to
> use ALL available space on the PV? Didn't see anything in the man
> pages.
>
> #lvcreate -L 16384 /dev/vg04

Chad Williams <chad_dude@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is there a way using lvcreate to have it create the logical volume to
> use ALL available space on the PV? Didn't see anything in the man
> pages.
> 
> #lvcreate -L 16384 /dev/vg04

  No. (Amongst others,) Because a LV is not limited to a single PV.

  I.e. use pvdisplay to get the number of free PEs on that PV and then
use lv*extend* as Doug explained.

Doug O'Leary wrote:

> In article <2a3b16bc.0402181640.496b1037@posting.google.com>, Chad Williams wrote:
> 
>>Is there a way using lvcreate to have it create the logical volume to
>>use ALL available space on the PV? Didn't see anything in the man
>>pages.
>>
>>#lvcreate -L 16384 /dev/vg04
> 
> 
> If you want to create a lv on a specific pv, then you have to create
> the lv, then extend it.  For instance:
> 
> lvcreate -n lvol23 /dev/vg04
> lvextend -L 16384 /dev/vg04/lvol23 ${specific_dev}
> 
> HTH;
> 
> Doug
> 
Sounds like he just wants to allocate it all instead of fs's. Good to cu 
Doug.