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>Example: create an EVMS native volume</TITLE
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>Chapter 12. Creating volumes</TD
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>12.2. Example: create an EVMS native volume</H1
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>This section provides a detailed explanation of how to create an EVMS native
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volume with EVMS by providing instructions to help you complete the following task.</P
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NAME="AEN1922"
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><BLOCKQUOTE
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CLASS="example"
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NAME="AEN1923"
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><P
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><B
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>Example 12-1. Create an EVMS native volume </B
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>Create an EVMS native volume called "Sample Volume" from the region, <TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>/lvm/Sample Container/Region</TT
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>, you created in <A
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HREF="evmscreatereg.html"
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>Chapter 9</A
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>.</P
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><A
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NAME="evmsguivol"
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>12.2.1. Using the EVMS GUI</H2
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><P
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>Follow these instructions to create an EVMS volume:</P
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><P
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TYPE="1"
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><LI
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><P
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>Select <SPAN
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CLASS="guimenu"
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>Actions</SPAN
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>-><SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>Create</SPAN
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>-><SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>EVMS Volume</SPAN
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>.</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Choose <TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region</TT
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>.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Type <TT
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CLASS="userinput"
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><B
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>Sample Volume</B
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></TT
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> in the
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<SPAN
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CLASS="guilabel"
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>name field</SPAN
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>.</P
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></LI
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><LI
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>Click <SPAN
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CLASS="guibutton"
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>Create</SPAN
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>.</P
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></LI
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></OL
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><P
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>Alternatively, you can perform some of the steps to create an EVMS
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volume from the GUI context sensitive menu:</P
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><P
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TYPE="1"
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><LI
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>From the <SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>Available Options</SPAN
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> tab, right click
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<TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region</TT
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>.</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Click <SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>Create EVMS Volume...</SPAN
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></P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Continue beginning with step 3 of the GUI instructions.</P
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><H2
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><A
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NAME="ncurevmsvol"
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>12.2.2. Using Ncurses</H2
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><P
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>To create a volume, follow these steps:
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<P
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>Select <SPAN
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CLASS="guimenu"
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>Actions</SPAN
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>-><SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>Create</SPAN
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>-><SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>EVMS Volume</SPAN
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>.</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Enter <TT
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CLASS="userinput"
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><B
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>Sample Volume</B
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></TT
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> at the "name" prompt.
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Press <B
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CLASS="keycap"
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>Enter</B
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>.</P
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><LI
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><P
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>Activate <SPAN
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CLASS="guibutton"
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>Create</SPAN
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>.</P
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></LI
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>
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</P
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><P
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>Alternatively, you can perform some of the steps to create an EVMS volume
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from the context sensitive menu:</P
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><P
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></P
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TYPE="1"
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><LI
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>From the Available Objects view, press <B
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CLASS="keycap"
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>Enter</B
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> on
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<TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region</TT
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>.</P
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></LI
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><LI
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>Activate the <SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>Create EVMS Volume</SPAN
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> menu item.</P
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></LI
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><LI
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>Continue beginning with step 3 of the Ncurses instructions.</P
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><A
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NAME="AEN1987"
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></A
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>12.2.3. Using the CLI</H2
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><P
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>To create a volume, use the <B
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CLASS="command"
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>Create</B
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> command. The arguments
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the <B
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CLASS="command"
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>Create</B
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> command accepts vary depending on what is being created. In
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the case of the example, the first argument is the key word <TT
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CLASS="option"
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>volume</TT
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> that
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specifies what is being created. The second argument is the object being made into a volume,
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in this case <TT
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CLASS="option"
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>lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region</TT
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>.
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The third argument is type specific for an EVMS
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volume, <TT
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CLASS="option"
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>Name=</TT
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>, followed by what
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you want to call the volume, in this case <TT
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CLASS="option"
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>Sample Volume</TT
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>. The following command
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creates the volume from the example. </P
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>Create: Volume, "lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region", Name="Sample Volume"</PRE
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