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LVM is a logical volume manager for the Linux kernel. | LVM is a logical volume manager for the Linux kernel. The LVM can: | ||
* Resize volume groups online by absorbing new physical volumes. | |||
* Resize logical volumes online by concatenating extents onto them or truncating extents from them. | |||
* Create snapshots of logical volumes. | |||
LVM snapshots are used by vzdump to create consistent backups of running VMs. | |||
[[Category:Technology]] | [[Category:Technology]] | ||
Revision as of 11:00, 14 April 2008
LVM is a logical volume manager for the Linux kernel. The LVM can:
- Resize volume groups online by absorbing new physical volumes.
- Resize logical volumes online by concatenating extents onto them or truncating extents from them.
- Create snapshots of logical volumes.
LVM snapshots are used by vzdump to create consistent backups of running VMs.