[CentOS] LVM - VG directory not being created

Fri Jul 25 10:15:33 UTC 2014
Dennis Jacobfeuerborn <dennisml at conversis.de>

On 25.07.2014 12:12, Kyle Thorne wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but it's worth a shot.
> 
> I have installed CentOS 6.5 on one of our servers, and have just installed
> SolusVM.
> 
> I have also set up LVM, with a PV on /dev/sda4 (which is GPT formatted, and
> 3.12TB is size).
> 
> The problem I'm having is that when I create the VG, it will not show up
> under /dev/<VG-name>, which it's supposed to according to Red Hat guides on
> LVM.
> 
> On a CentOS 5.9 server, with an almost identical set up, the VG showed up
> under /dev/ correctly, so I'm wondering if the VG folder is stored
> elsewhere in CentOS 6? I have tried the obvious solutions, such as a
> reboot, vgscan, pvscan, and even partprobe. I have even tried running
> 'find' in search of the VG name, which returned no results.
> 
> Any help is much appreciated. :)

Have you created any logical volumes yet? The directory will only be
created once you create the first volume in that volume group.

Regards,
  Dennis