9 Storage pool type: `lvm`
11 LVM is a light software layer on top of hard disks and partitions. It
12 can be used to split available disk space into smaller logical
13 volumes. LVM is widely used on Linux and makes managing hard drives
16 Another use case is to put LVM on top of a big iSCSI LUN. That way you
17 can easily manage space on that iSCSI LUN, which would not be possible
18 otherwise, because the iSCSI specification does not define a
19 management interface for space allocation.
25 The LVM backend supports the common storage properties `content`, `nodes`,
26 `disable`, and the following LVM specific properties:
30 LVM volume group name. This must point to an existing volume group.
34 Base volume. This volume is automatically activated before accessing
35 the storage. This is mostly useful when the LVM volume group resides
36 on a remote iSCSI server.
40 Called "Wipe Removed Volumes" in the web UI. Zero-out data when removing LVs.
41 When removing a volume, this makes sure that all data gets erased and cannot be
42 accessed by other LVs created later (which happen to be assigned the same
43 physical extents). This is a costly operation, but may be required as a security
44 measure in certain environments.
46 `saferemove_throughput`::
48 Wipe throughput (`cstream -t` parameter value).
50 .Configuration Example (`/etc/pve/storage.cfg`)
54 content rootdir,images
57 File naming conventions
58 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
60 The backend use basically the same naming conventions as the ZFS pool
63 vm-<VMID>-<NAME> // normal VM images
68 LVM is a typical block storage, but this backend does not support
69 snapshots and clones. Unfortunately, normal LVM snapshots are quite
70 inefficient, because they interfere with all writes on the entire volume
71 group during snapshot time.
73 One big advantage is that you can use it on top of a shared storage,
74 for example, an iSCSI LUN. The backend itself implements proper cluster-wide
77 TIP: The newer LVM-thin backend allows snapshots and clones, but does
78 not support shared storage.
81 .Storage features for backend `lvm`
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83 |==============================================================================
84 |Content types |Image formats |Shared |Snapshots |Clones
85 |images rootdir |raw |possible |no |no
86 |==============================================================================
91 List available volume groups:
100 * link:/wiki/Storage[Storage]