Hello, typically my kvm guest disk is

/dev/sda1   /boot
/dev/sda2   logical volume group

inside sda2 are two LV partitions
/
swap

Don't know if that answered your question. Remember that to enlarge a LV group, you need another device like /dev/sda3 to merge with that volume.


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> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:54:51 -0400
> From: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca
> To: centos-virt@centos.org
> Subject: [CentOS-virt] lvm and kvm
>
> I am performing some configuration testing on a kvm host. When
> installing a guest operating system is it advisable to place each
> instance in a separate lv or better to accept the default and store
> them on the root file system?
>
> Respecting lvm, does one configure lvs in a virtual server to take
> space from the main vg or does one allocate lv space from inside
> that allocated to the virtual instance? Is it even considered
> advisable to use lvs with virtual guests?
>
> To give an example, if I were to configure an smtp server on bare
> metal I might use the following disk layout:
>
> vg_bare 500Gb
>
> / lv_root 8Gb
> /boot lv_boot 1Gb
> /tmp lv_tmp 8Gb
> /var/log lv_log 8Gb
> /var/spool/mail lv_mail 16Gb
>
>
> In a kvm setup, if I wish to do this, would I first create an lv
> just to host the virtual image and then assign lv s from the space
> allocated to that image file?
>
> vg_bare 500Gb
>
> / lv_root 8Gb
> /boot lv_boot 1Gb
> /tmp lv_tmp 8Gb
> /var/log lv_log 8G
>
> /var/lib/libvirt/images/lv_virt01 32Gb
> /var/lib/libvirt/images/lv_virt02 32Gb
> . . .
>
> and so forth? Or is it worth the bother to have lv s in a virtual
> host?
>
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