How To Install lvm2 on Fedora 34
lvm2 is Userland logical volume management tools
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2 on Fedora 34.
What is lvm2
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 or dnf to install lvm2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lvm2.
Install lvm2 on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install lvm2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lvm2
Install lvm2 on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install lvm2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lvm2
How To Uninstall lvm2 on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the lvm2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lvm2
lvm2 Package Contents on Fedora 34
/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
/etc/lvm/profile/vdo-small.profile
/run/lock/lvm
/run/lvm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/4e7f9f6681d27efa0cf0ad7fe573552c707e50
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/8392f7ec319c68c4b77eecc35c9f2da3c75fc7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/132bf87c3d1fda70febe516c8302af7eca416f
/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/lvm2-activation-generator
/usr/lib/systemd/system/blk-availability.service
/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/lvmconfig
/usr/sbin/lvmdiskscan
/usr/sbin/lvmdump
/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
/usr/share/doc/lvm2/README
/usr/share/doc/lvm2/VERSION
/usr/share/doc/lvm2/WHATS_NEW
/usr/share/doc/lvm2/lvm_fault_handling.txt
/usr/share/licenses/lvm2
/usr/share/licenses/lvm2/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/lvm2/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/man7/lvmvdo.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/lvmconfig.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvmdiskscan.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvmdump.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 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.