salt.states.lvm¶

Management of Linux logical volumes¶

A state module to manage LVMs

/dev/sda:
  lvm.pv_present

my_vg:
  lvm.vg_present:
    - devices: /dev/sda

lvroot:
  lvm.lv_present:
    - vgname: my_vg
    - size: 10G

salt.states.lvm.lv_absent(name, vgname=None)¶

Remove a given existing logical volume from a named existing volume group

name

The logical volume to remove

vgname

The volume group name

salt.states.lvm.lv_present(name, vgname=None, size=None, extents=None, pv='')¶

Create a new logical volume

name

The name of the logical volume

vgname

The volume group name for this logical volume

size

The initial size of the logical volume

extents

The number of logical extents to allocate

pv

The physical volume to use

salt.states.lvm.pv_present(name, **kwargs)¶

Set a physical device to be used as an LVM physical volume

name

The device name to initialize.

kwargs

Any supported options to pvcreate. See linux_lvm for more details.

salt.states.lvm.vg_absent(name)¶

Remove an LVM volume group

name

The volume group to remove

salt.states.lvm.vg_present(name, devices=None, **kwargs)¶

Create an LVM volume group

name

The volume group name to create

devices

A list of devices that will be added to the volume group

kwargs

Any supported options to vgcreate. See linux_lvm for more details.