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+====== LVM - Create a logical volume using LVM ======
+Logical volumes are created using the **lvcreate** command:
+<code bash>
+lvcreate --size 256M --name foo /dev/vg01
+</code>
+The volume will be accessible as either **/dev/vg01/foo** or **/dev/mapper/vg01-foo**.  It may be used in much the same way as a hard drive partition.
+===== Testing =====
+Verify the existence of the logical volume using the **lvdisplay** command:
+<code bash>
+lvdisplay /dev/vg01/foo
+</code>
+This should give a response of the form:
+<code>
+--- Logical volume ---
+LV Name                /dev/vg01/foo
+VG Name                vg0
+LV UUID                afaHxF-nZrA-S1eo-kjsY-mt6C-p04e-IU8Bqu
+LV Write Access        read/write
+LV Status              available
+# open                 0
+LV Size                256.00 MB
+Current LE             64
+Segments               1
+Allocation             inherit
+Read ahead sectors     auto
+- currently set to     256
+Block device           254:64
+</code>
+===== Next steps =====
+Having created a new logical volume you may want to:
+  * Create a filesystem on it
+  * Use it as a swap device
+===== Troubleshooting =====
+  * [[LVM:Troubleshooting LVM|Troubleshooting LVM]]
+===== See also =====
+  * [[LVM:Increase the capacity of an LVM volume group|Increase the capacity of an LVM volume group]]
+  * [[LVM:Increase the size of an LVM logical volume|Increase the size of an LVM logical volume]]