LVM – VG Directory Not Being Created

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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/, 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. :)

Regards,

Kyle Thorne | VentraIP Australia
*Level 3 Technical Administrator*

2 thoughts on - LVM – VG Directory Not Being Created

  • 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

  • That did it, thanks for the help. :)

    Kyle Thorne | VentraIP Australia
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