+[[chapter_lvm]]
Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
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Most people install {pve} directly on a local disk. The {pve}
installation CD offers several options for local disk management, and
-the current default setup uses LVM. The installer let you select a
+the current default setup uses LVM. The installer lets you select a
single disk for such setup, and uses that disk as physical volume for
the **V**olume **G**roup (VG) `pve`. The following output is from a
test installation using a small 8GB disk:
swap pve -wi-ao---- 896.00m
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-root:: Formatted as `ext4`, and contains the operation system.
+root:: Formatted as `ext4`, and contains the operating system.
swap:: Swap partition
Resizing the thin pool
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Resize the LV and the metadata pool can be achieved with the following
-command.
+Resize the LV and the metadata pool with the following command:
# lvresize --size +<size[\M,G,T]> --poolmetadatasize +<size[\M,G]> <VG>/<LVThin_pool>