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
    - stripes: 5
    - stripesize: 8K

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 name of the Volume Group on which the Logical Volume resides

salt.states.lvm.lv_present(name, vgname=None, size=None, extents=None, snapshot=None, pv='', thinvolume=False, thinpool=False, force=False, **kwargs)¶

Create a new Logical Volume

name

The name of the Logical Volume

vgname

The name of the Volume Group on which the Logical Volume resides

size

The initial size of the Logical Volume

extents

The number of logical extents to allocate

snapshot

The name of the snapshot

pv

The Physical Volume to use

kwargs

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

New in version to_complete.

thinvolume

Logical Volume is thinly provisioned

thinpool

Logical Volume is a thin pool

New in version 2018.3.0.

force

Assume yes to all prompts

salt.states.lvm.pv_absent(name)¶

Ensure that a Physical Device is not being used by lvm

name

The device name to initialize.

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.