This module creates, removes or resizes volume groups.
| parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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| force | no | no |
| If yes, allows to remove volume group with logical volumes. |
| pesize | no | 4 | The size of the physical extent in megabytes. Must be a power of 2. |
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| pvs | no |
List of comma-separated devices to use as physical devices in this volume group. Required when creating or resizing volume group.
The module will take care of running pvcreate if needed.
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| state | no | present |
| Control if the volume group exists. |
| vg | yes | The name of the volume group. |
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| vg_options (added in 1.6)
| no | Additional options to pass to vgcreate when creating the volume group. |
# Create a volume group on top of /dev/sda1 with physical extent size = 32MB. - lvg: vg=vg.services pvs=/dev/sda1 pesize=32 # Create or resize a volume group on top of /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc5. # If, for example, we already have VG vg.services on top of /dev/sdb1, # this VG will be extended by /dev/sdc5. Or if vg.services was created on # top of /dev/sda5, we first extend it with /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc5, # and then reduce by /dev/sda5. - lvg: vg=vg.services pvs=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sdc5 # Remove a volume group with name vg.services. - lvg: vg=vg.services state=absent
Note
module does not modify PE size for already present volume group
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