Adding Unallocated Volumes To A Volume Group - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Adding Unallocated Volumes to a volume group

9.5.2. Adding Unallocated Volumes to a volume group
Once initialized, a volume will be listed in the 'Unallocated Volumes' list. The figure below illustrates an
unallocated partition (Partition 3). The respective buttons at the bottom of the window allow you to:
• create a new volume group,
• add the unallocated volume to an existing volume group,
• remove the volume from LVM.
To add the volume to an existing volume group, click on the Add to Existing Volume Group button.
Figure 9.18. Unallocated Volumes
Clicking on the Add to Existing Volume Group button will display a pop up window listing the
existing volume groups to which you can add the physical volume you are about to initialize. A volume
group may span across one or more hard disks. In this example only one volume group exists as
illustrated below.
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