How To Install lvm2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. lvm2.x86_64 is Userland logical volume management tools
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is lvm2.x86_64
LVM2 includes all of the support for handling read/write operations on physical volumes (hard disks, RAID-Systems, magneto optical, etc., multiple devices (MD), see mdadm(8) or even loop devices, see losetup(8)), creating volume groups (kind of virtual disks) from one or more physical volumes and creating one or more logical volumes (kind of logical partitions) in volume groups.
We can use yum to install lvm2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lvm2.x86_64.
Install lvm2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install lvm2.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lvm2.x86_64
How To Uninstall lvm2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the lvm2.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove lvm2.x86_64
lvm2.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/etc/lvm
/etc/lvm/archive
/etc/lvm/backup
/etc/lvm/cache
/etc/lvm/cache/.cache
/etc/lvm/lvm.conf
/etc/lvm/lvmlocal.conf
/etc/lvm/profile
/etc/lvm/profile/cache-mq.profile
/etc/lvm/profile/cache-smq.profile
/etc/lvm/profile/command_profile_template.profile
/etc/lvm/profile/lvmdbusd.profile
/etc/lvm/profile/metadata_profile_template.profile
/etc/lvm/profile/thin-generic.profile
/etc/lvm/profile/thin-performance.profile
/run/lock/lvm
/run/lvm
/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/lvm2-activation-generator
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-lvmetad.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-lvmetad.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-lvmpolld.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-lvmpolld.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-monitor.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/lvm2.conf
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/11-dm-lvm.rules
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/69-dm-lvm-metad.rules
/usr/sbin/fsadm
/usr/sbin/lvchange
/usr/sbin/lvconvert
/usr/sbin/lvcreate
/usr/sbin/lvdisplay
/usr/sbin/lvextend
/usr/sbin/lvm
/usr/sbin/lvmconf
/usr/sbin/lvmconfig
/usr/sbin/lvmdiskscan
/usr/sbin/lvmdump
/usr/sbin/lvmetad
/usr/sbin/lvmpolld
/usr/sbin/lvmsadc
/usr/sbin/lvmsar
/usr/sbin/lvreduce
/usr/sbin/lvremove
/usr/sbin/lvrename
/usr/sbin/lvresize
/usr/sbin/lvs
/usr/sbin/lvscan
/usr/sbin/pvchange
/usr/sbin/pvck
/usr/sbin/pvcreate
/usr/sbin/pvdisplay
/usr/sbin/pvmove
/usr/sbin/pvremove
/usr/sbin/pvresize
/usr/sbin/pvs
/usr/sbin/pvscan
/usr/sbin/vgcfgbackup
/usr/sbin/vgcfgrestore
/usr/sbin/vgchange
/usr/sbin/vgck
/usr/sbin/vgconvert
/usr/sbin/vgcreate
/usr/sbin/vgdisplay
/usr/sbin/vgexport
/usr/sbin/vgextend
/usr/sbin/vgimport
/usr/sbin/vgimportclone
/usr/sbin/vgmerge
/usr/sbin/vgmknodes
/usr/sbin/vgreduce
/usr/sbin/vgremove
/usr/sbin/vgrename
/usr/sbin/vgs
/usr/sbin/vgscan
/usr/sbin/vgsplit
/usr/share/doc/lvm2-2.02.187
/usr/share/doc/lvm2-2.02.187/README
/usr/share/doc/lvm2-2.02.187/VERSION
/usr/share/doc/lvm2-2.02.187/WHATS_NEW
/usr/share/doc/lvm2-2.02.187/lvm_fault_handling.txt
/usr/share/licenses/lvm2-2.02.187
/usr/share/licenses/lvm2-2.02.187/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/lvm2-2.02.187/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/man/man5/lvm.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/lvmcache.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/lvmraid.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/lvmreport.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/lvmsystemid.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/lvmthin.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fsadm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvchange.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvconvert.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvcreate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvdisplay.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvextend.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvm-config.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvm-dumpconfig.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvm-fullreport.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvm-lvpoll.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvm2-activation-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvmconf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvmconfig.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvmdiskscan.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvmdump.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvmetad.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvmpolld.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvmsadc.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvmsar.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvreduce.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvremove.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvrename.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvresize.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvscan.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pvchange.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pvck.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pvcreate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pvdisplay.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pvmove.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pvremove.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pvresize.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pvs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pvscan.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgcfgbackup.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgcfgrestore.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgchange.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgck.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgconvert.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgcreate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgdisplay.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgexport.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgextend.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgimport.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgimportclone.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgmerge.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgmknodes.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgreduce.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgremove.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgrename.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgscan.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vgsplit.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.