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NAME

       vgcreate — Create a volume group

SYNOPSIS

       vgcreate position_args
           [ option_args ]

DESCRIPTION

       vgcreate creates a new VG on block devices. If the devices were not previously initialized
       as PVs with pvcreate(8), vgcreate will inititialize them, making them  PVs.  The  pvcreate
       options for initializing devices are also available with vgcreate.

       When  vgcreate uses an existing PV, that PV's existing values for metadata size, PE start,
       etc, are used, even if different values are specified in the vgcreate command.  To  change
       these values, first use pvremove on the device.

USAGE

       vgcreate VG_new PV ...
           [ -A|--autobackup y|n ]
           [ -c|--clustered y|n ]
           [ -l|--maxlogicalvolumes Number ]
           [ -p|--maxphysicalvolumes Number ]
           [ -M|--metadatatype lvm2 ]
           [ -s|--physicalextentsize Size[m|UNIT] ]
           [ -f|--force ]
           [ -Z|--zero y|n ]
           [    --addtag Tag ]
           [    --alloc contiguous|cling|cling_by_tags|normal|anywhere|inherit ]
           [    --metadataprofile String ]
           [    --labelsector Number ]
           [    --metadatasize Size[m|UNIT] ]
           [    --pvmetadatacopies 0|1|2 ]
           [    --[vg]metadatacopies all|unmanaged|Number ]
           [    --reportformat basic|json ]
           [    --dataalignment Size[k|UNIT] ]
           [    --dataalignmentoffset Size[k|UNIT] ]
           [    --shared ]
           [    --systemid String ]
           [    --locktype sanlock|dlm|none ]
           [    --setautoactivation y|n ]
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]

       Common options for lvm:
           [ -d|--debug ]
           [ -h|--help ]
           [ -q|--quiet ]
           [ -t|--test ]
           [ -v|--verbose ]
           [ -y|--yes ]
           [    --commandprofile String ]
           [    --config String ]
           [    --devices PV ]
           [    --devicesfile String ]
           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
           [    --journal String ]
           [    --lockopt String ]
           [    --longhelp ]
           [    --nohints ]
           [    --nolocking ]
           [    --profile String ]
           [    --version ]

OPTIONS

       --addtag Tag
              Adds  a  tag to a PV, VG or LV. This option can be repeated to add multiple tags at
              once. See lvm(8) for information about tags.

       --alloc contiguous|cling|cling_by_tags|normal|anywhere|inherit
              Determines the allocation policy when a command needs to allocate Physical  Extents
              (PEs)  from  the  VG.  Each VG and LV has an allocation policy which can be changed
              with vgchange/lvchange, or overridden on the command line.  normal  applies  common
              sense  rules  such as not placing parallel stripes on the same PV.  inherit applies
              the VG policy to an LV.  contiguous requires new PEs be placed adjacent to existing
              PEs.  cling places new PEs on the same PV as existing PEs in the same stripe of the
              LV.  If there are sufficient PEs for an allocation, but normal does not  use  them,
              anywhere  will use them even if it reduces performance, e.g. by placing two stripes
              on the same PV.  Optional positional PV args on the command line can also  be  used
              to  limit  which  PVs  the  command  will  use for allocation.  See lvm(8) for more
              information about allocation.

       -A|--autobackup y|n
              Specifies if metadata should be backed up automatically after a  change.   Enabling
              this is strongly advised! See vgcfgbackup(8) for more information.

       -c|--clustered y|n
              This  option  was  specific to clvm and is now replaced by the --shared option with
              lvmlockd(8).

       --commandprofile String
              The command profile to use for command configuration.   See  lvm.conf(5)  for  more
              information about profiles.

       --config String
              Config  settings  for the command. These override lvm.conf(5) settings.  The String
              arg uses the same format as lvm.conf(5), or  may  use  section/field  syntax.   See
              lvm.conf(5) for more information about config.

       --dataalignment Size[k|UNIT]
              Align  the  start  of  a  PV  data area with a multiple of this number.  To see the
              location of the first Physical Extent (PE) of an existing PV, use pvs -o +pe_start.
              In  addition,  it may be shifted by an alignment offset, see --dataalignmentoffset.
              Also specify an appropriate PE size when creating a VG.

       --dataalignmentoffset Size[k|UNIT]
              Shift the start of the PV data area by this additional offset.

       -d|--debug ...
              Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of  messages  sent
              to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).

       --devices PV
              Restricts  the devices that are visible and accessible to the command.  Devices not
              listed will appear to be missing. This option can be repeated, or accepts  a  comma
              separated list of devices. This overrides the devices file.

       --devicesfile String
              A   file   listing   devices   that  LVM  should  use.   The  file  must  exist  in
              /etc/lvm/devices/ and is managed with the lvmdevices(8)  command.   This  overrides
              the lvm.conf(5) devices/devicesfile and devices/use_devicesfile settings.

       --driverloaded y|n
              If  set  to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.  For testing and
              debugging.

       -f|--force ...
              Override various checks, confirmations and protections.  Use with extreme caution.

       -h|--help
              Display help text.

       --journal String
              Record information in the systemd journal.  This  information  is  in  addition  to
              information   enabled   by  the  lvm.conf  log/journal  setting.   command:  record
              information about the command.  output: record the default command output.   debug:
              record full command debugging.

       --labelsector Number
              By  default the PV is labelled with an LVM2 identifier in its second sector (sector
              1). This lets you use a different sector near the start of the disk (between 0  and
              3 inclusive - see LABEL_SCAN_SECTORS in the source). Use with care.

       --lockopt String
              Used  to  pass  options  for  special  cases to lvmlockd.  See lvmlockd(8) for more
              information.

       --locktype sanlock|dlm|none
              Specify the VG lock type directly in place of using --shared.  See lvmlockd(8)  for
              more information.

       --longhelp
              Display long help text.

       -l|--maxlogicalvolumes Number
              Sets the maximum number of LVs allowed in a VG.

       -p|--maxphysicalvolumes Number
              Sets  the maximum number of PVs that can belong to the VG.  The value 0 removes any
              limitation.  For large numbers of PVs, also  see  options  --pvmetadatacopies,  and
              --vgmetadatacopies for improving performance.

       --metadataprofile String
              The  metadata  profile  to use for command configuration.  See lvm.conf(5) for more
              information about profiles.

       --metadatasize Size[m|UNIT]
              The approximate amount of space used for each VG metadata area.  The  size  may  be
              rounded.

       -M|--metadatatype lvm2
              Specifies  the  type  of on-disk metadata to use.  lvm2 (or just 2) is the current,
              standard format.  lvm1 (or just 1) is no longer used.

       --nohints
              Do not use the hints file to locate devices  for  PVs.  A  command  may  read  more
              devices  to  find  PVs  when  hints  are  not  used. The command will still perform
              standard hint file invalidation where appropriate.

       --nolocking
              Disable locking. Use  with  caution,  concurrent  commands  may  produce  incorrect
              results.

       -s|--physicalextentsize Size[m|UNIT]
              Sets  the  physical extent size of PVs in the VG.  The value must be either 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.  Once this value has been set,
              it is difficult to change without recreating the VG, unless no extents need moving.

       --profile String
              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command.

       --pvmetadatacopies 0|1|2
              The number of metadata areas to set aside on a PV for storing VG metadata.  When 2,
              one  copy  of the VG metadata is stored at the front of the PV and a second copy is
              stored at the end.  When 1, one copy of the VG metadata is stored at the  front  of
              the PV.  When 0, no copies of the VG metadata are stored on the given PV.  This may
              be useful in VGs containing many PVs (this places limitations on the ability to use
              vgsplit later.)

       -q|--quiet ...
              Suppress  output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose.  Repeat once to
              also suppress any prompts with answer 'no'.

       --reportformat basic|json
              Overrides current output format for  reports  which  is  defined  globally  by  the
              report/output_format  setting  in  lvm.conf(5).   basic is the original format with
              columns and rows.  If there is more than one report per  command,  each  report  is
              prefixed  with  the  report name for identification. json produces report output in
              JSON format. See lvmreport(7) for more information.

       --setautoactivation y|n
              Set the autoactivation property on a VG or LV.  Display the property  with  vgs  or
              lvs  "-o  autoactivation".  When the autoactivation property is disabled, the VG or
              LV will not be activated by a command doing autoactivation (vgchange, lvchange,  or
              pvscan  using  -aay.)   If  autoactivation  is  disabled  on  a  VG, no LVs will be
              autoactivated in that VG, and the LV autoactivation property  has  no  effect.   If
              autoactivation  is  enabled  on a VG, autoactivation can be disabled for individual
              LVs.

       --shared
              Create a shared VG using lvmlockd if LVM is compiled with lockd support.   lvmlockd
              will  select  lock  type sanlock or dlm depending on which lock manager is running.
              This allows multiple hosts to share a VG on shared devices.  lvmlockd  and  a  lock
              manager must be configured and running.  See lvmlockd(8) for more information about
              shared VGs.

       --systemid String
              Specifies the system ID that will be given to the new VG, overriding the system  ID
              of  the  host running the command. A VG is normally created without this option, in
              which case the new VG is given the system ID of the host creating  it.  Using  this
              option  requires  caution  because  the  system  ID of the new VG may not match the
              system ID of the host running the command, leaving the VG inaccessible to the host.
              See lvmsystemid(7) for more information.

       -t|--test
              Run  in  test  mode.  Commands  will  not  update metadata.  This is implemented by
              disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless returning success  to  the  calling
              function.  This  may  lead to unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a
              tool relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't.

       -v|--verbose ...
              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent
              to stdout and stderr.

       --version
              Display version information.

       --[vg]metadatacopies all|unmanaged|Number
              Number  of  copies  of  the  VG  metadata that are kept.  VG metadata is kept in VG
              metadata areas on PVs in the VG, i.e. reserved space at the start and/or end of the
              PVs.   Keeping  a copy of the VG metadata on every PV can reduce performance in VGs
              containing a large number of PVs.  When this number is set to a non-zero value, LVM
              will  automatically choose PVs on which to store metadata, using the metadataignore
              flags on PVs to achieve the specified number.  The number can also be replaced with
              special  string  values:  unmanaged  causes  LVM to not automatically manage the PV
              metadataignore flags.  all causes LVM to first clear the  metadataignore  flags  on
              all PVs, and then to become unmanaged.

       -y|--yes
              Do  not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes. Use
              with extreme caution.  (For automatic no, see -qq.)

       -Z|--zero y|n
              Controls if the first 4 sectors (2048 bytes) of the device are wiped.  The  default
              is  to  wipe  these  sectors  unless  either or both of --restorefile or --uuid are
              specified.

VARIABLES

       VG     Volume Group name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.

       PV     Physical Volume name, a device path under /dev.   For  commands  managing  physical
              extents,  a  PV  positional  arg  generally accepts a suffix indicating a range (or
              multiple ranges) of physical extents (PEs).  When  the  first  PE  is  omitted,  it
              defaults to the start of the device, and when the last PE is omitted it defaults to
              end.  Start and end  range  (inclusive):  PV[:PE-PE]...   Start  and  length  range
              (counting from 0): PV[:PE+PE]...

       String See the option description for information about the string content.

       Size[UNIT]
              Size  is  an  input  number  that accepts an optional unit.  Input units are always
              treated as base two values, regardless of capitalization, e.g.  'k'  and  'K'  both
              refer  to  1024.  The default input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.
              UNIT represents other possible input units: b|B is bytes, s|S  is  sectors  of  512
              bytes,  k|K  is  KiB,  m|M  is MiB, g|G is GiB, t|T is TiB, p|P is PiB, e|E is EiB.
              (This should not be confused with the output control --units, where capital letters
              mean multiple of 1000.)

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See  lvm(8)  for  information  about  environment  variables  used  by  lvm.  For example,
       LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG parameter.

EXAMPLES

       Create a VG with two PVs, using the default physical extent size.
       vgcreate myvg /dev/sdk1 /dev/sdl1

SEE ALSO

       lvm(8), lvm.conf(5), lvmconfig(8), lvmdevices(8),

       pvchange(8), pvck(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), pvmove(8), pvremove(8), pvresize(8),
       pvs(8), pvscan(8),

       vgcfgbackup(8), vgcfgrestore(8), vgchange(8), vgck(8), vgcreate(8), vgconvert(8),
       vgdisplay(8), vgexport(8), vgextend(8), vgimport(8), vgimportclone(8), vgimportdevices(8),
       vgmerge(8), vgmknodes(8), vgreduce(8), vgremove(8), vgrename(8), vgs(8), vgscan(8),
       vgsplit(8),

       lvcreate(8), lvchange(8), lvconvert(8), lvdisplay(8), lvextend(8), lvreduce(8),
       lvremove(8), lvrename(8), lvresize(8), lvs(8), lvscan(8),

       lvm-fullreport(8), lvm-lvpoll(8), blkdeactivate(8), lvmdump(8),

       dmeventd(8), lvmpolld(8), lvmlockd(8), lvmlockctl(8), cmirrord(8), lvmdbusd(8), fsadm(8),

       lvmsystemid(7), lvmreport(7), lvmraid(7), lvmthin(7), lvmcache(7)