| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| force boolean |
| If yes, allows to remove volume group with logical volumes. |
| pesize string | Default: "4" | The size of the physical extent. pesize must be a power of 2 of at least 1 sector (where the sector size is the largest sector size of the PVs currently used in the VG), or at least 128KiB. Since Ansible 2.6, pesize can be optionally suffixed by a UNIT (k/K/m/M/g/G), default unit is megabyte. |
| pv_options string added in 2.4 | Additional options to pass to pvcreate when creating the volume group. | |
| pvs list | 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. | |
| state string |
| Control if the volume group exists. |
| vg string / required | The name of the volume group. | |
| vg_options string | Additional options to pass to vgcreate when creating the volume group. |
Note
See also
- name: Create a volume group on top of /dev/sda1 with physical extent size = 32MB
lvg:
vg: vg.services
pvs: /dev/sda1
pesize: 32
- name: Create a volume group on top of /dev/sdb with physical extent size = 128KiB
lvg:
vg: vg.services
pvs: /dev/sdb
pesize: 128K
# 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.
- name: Create or resize a volume group on top of /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc5.
lvg:
vg: vg.services
pvs: /dev/sdb1,/dev/sdc5
- name: Remove a volume group with name vg.services
lvg:
vg: vg.services
state: absent
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