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A Complete Guide on Linux LVM

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A Complete Guide on Linux LVM

Familiar with LVM Concepts and get hands on experience with various lab sessions

updated on icon Updated on Jun, 2025

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English [CC]

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Lectures -37

Resources -1

Duration -3.5 hours

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Course Description

Course Description


Introduction - The Logical Volume Manager

  • Features of LVM 

  • LVM Architecture Overview

LVM Components

  • Physical Volumes

  • Volume Groups

  • LVM Logical Volumes

LVM Logical Volumes

  • Different types of Logical Volumes

  • Linear Logical Volumes

  • Striped Logical Volumes

  • LV Creation Options

  • Practice Lab Sessions

Physical Volume Administration

  • Creating physical volumes

  • Scanning for Block Devices

  • Displaying Physical Volumes

  • Preventing Allocation on a Physical Volume

  • Resizing a Physical Volume

  • Removing Physical Volume

Volume Group Administration

  • Creating Volume Groups

  • Adding Physical Volumes to a Volume Group

  • Displaying Volumes Groups

  • Scanning Disks for Volume Groups

  • Removing Physical Volumes from a Volume Group

  • Activating & Deactivation Volume Groups

  • Changing the Parameters of a Volume Group

  • Removing Volume Groups

  • Splitting a Volume Group

  • Combining Volume Groups

  • Backing up Volume Group Metadata

  • Renaming a Volume Group

  • Moving or migrating a Volume Group to Another System

  • Creating a Mirrored Volumes

Thinly-Provisioned Logical Volumes

  • What is Thin Provisioning?

  • How it Works? and How we provide storage to new Clients?

  • Setup Thin Pool and Volumes

  • Creating a Thin Pool

  • Creating Thin Volumes

  • Creating File System

  • Over Provisioning

LVM Snapshot

  • Snapshot of Logical Volume and Restore

  • Creating LVM Snapshot

  • Restoring Snapshot or Merging

  • Practice Lab Sessions

Recovering metadata of physical volumes

  • Recover a faulty disk

  • Practice Lab Session

LVM Volume Attributes

  • Physical volume(PV) attributes

  • Volume Group(VG) Attributes

Goals

  • Logical Volume Manager Administration
  • Features of LVM
  • LVM Architecture Overview
  • LVM Components
  • Linear Logical Volumes
  • Striped Logical Volumes
  • Mirrored Volumes
  • Physical Volume Administration
  • Volume Group Administration
  • Scanning Disks for Volume Groups
  • Splitting a Volume Group
  • Moving or migrating a Volume Group to Another System
  • Thinly-Provisioned Logical Volumes
  • LVM Snapshot
  • Recovering metadata of physical volumes
  • LVM Volume Attributes
  • Recover a faulty disk
  • Restoring Snapshot or Merging

Prerequisites

  • PC or Laptop with internet Connection
  • There is no formal prerequisites for this course; however, previous system administrator experience on other operating system would be very beneficial.
A Complete Guide on Linux LVM

Curriculum

Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course

Introduction

7 Lectures
  • play icon Introduction about the Course Module 05:58 05:58
  • play icon The LVM Logical Volume Manager 11:26 11:26
  • play icon Features of LVM 02:46 02:46
  • play icon LVM Architecture Overview 05:11 05:11
  • play icon Architectural Overview via Diagram 02:02 02:02
  • play icon LVM Components 05:31 05:31
  • play icon Practice Lab Session 07:13 07:13

LVM Logical Volumes

7 Lectures
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Volume Group Administration

11 Lectures
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Thinly-Provisioned Logical Volumes

4 Lectures
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LVM Snapshot

3 Lectures
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Metadata Recovery of a Physical Volume

2 Lectures
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LVM Attributes

3 Lectures
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Instructor Details

Shikhar Verma

Shikhar Verma

Shikhar Verma is an accomplished entrepreneur and corporate trainer, leading Techstart, an IT company specializing in a wide range of technology-driven projects. His expertise encompasses designing and developing certified courses, content creation, and managing both online and offline IT projects for renowned organizations.

With over 15 years of experience in the IT industry before establishing his own business, Shikhar has cultivated a deep understanding of technology and corporate training. His passion lies in leveraging his technical skills and experience to drive organizational growth while advancing his professional journey.

As an instructor on TutorialsPoint, Shikhar is dedicated to making complex technical concepts accessible and easy to understand. Since beginning his teaching career in 2016, he has successfully educated over 100,000 students worldwide and continues to inspire learners across diverse backgrounds. He takes immense pride in his ability to connect with students from nearly every country.

Shikhar holds a B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and his technical courses have empowered more than 1 lakh students across 165 countries.

His core expertise includes GenAI, Python, DevOps, Docker, Git, Kubernetes, Linux, Ansible, Shell Scripting, AWS Cloud (Amazon Web Services), Linux Clustering, and Perl.

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