Create a new 10GB filesystem to store a package repository for yum

Create a new 10GB filesystem to store a package repository for yum

Challenges: The existing hard drive has been fully allocated using LVM.

Solution:

  • Add a new hard drive to the server (virtual server in this case)
  • Partition the drive and add it to the main logical volume
  • Create a new filesystem

This article assumes that by now you have physically added the hard drive to the server. In my case I am using a virtual server but the tasks are essentially the same.

Partition the new disk drive

Before starting I will verify there are no partitions on the new disk.

 [root@fedora-test ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb 
 Disk /dev/sdb: 21.5 GB, 21474836480 bytes
 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders, total 41943040 sectors
 Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
 Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
 I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
 Disk identifier: 0x00000000
 Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

Since there are no partitions it is safe to proceed. I will now create one big partition as I plan to add this disk to LVM and use LVM to divvy up my disk space.

 [root@fedora-test ~]# fdisk /dev/sdb
 Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
 Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0xe1410716.
 Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
 After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable.

 Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)

 Command (m for help): n
 Partition type:
    p   primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
    e   extended
 Select (default p): p
 Partition number (1-4, default 1):
 Using default value 1
 First sector (2048-41943039, default 2048):
 Using default value 2048
 Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-41943039, default 41943039):
 Using default value 41943039

 Command (m for help): p
 Disk /dev/sdb: 21.5 GB, 21474836480 bytes
 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders, total 41943040 sectors
 Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
 Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
 I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
 Disk identifier: 0xe1410716

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
 /dev/sdb1            2048    41943039    20970496   83  Linux

 Command (m for help): w
 The partition table has been altered!
 Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
 Syncing disks.

Once you type w the changes are written to disk.

Add the partition to the volume group

My volume group name is vg_fedoratest and I will now add the new partition to that volume group with the vgextend command. This adds the additional partition space to the volume group for lvm to use.

 [root@fedora-test ~]# ls -la /dev/sdb*
 brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 16 Dec  6 15:08 /dev/sdb
 brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 17 Dec  6 15:08 /dev/sdb1

 [root@fedora-test ~]# pvcreate /dev/sdb1

 [root@fedora-test ~]# vgextend vg_fedoratest /dev/sdb1
   No physical volume label read from /dev/sdb1
   Writing physical volume data to disk "/dev/sdb1"
   Physical volume "/dev/sdb1" successfully created
   Volume group "vg_fedoratest" successfully extended

 [root@fedora-test ~]# vgdisplay vg_fedoratest
   --- Volume group ---
   VG Name               vg_fedoratest
   System ID
   Format                lvm2
   Metadata Areas        2
   Metadata Sequence No  4
   VG Access             read/write
   VG Status             resizable
   MAX LV                0
   Cur LV                2
   Open LV               2
   Max PV                0
   Cur PV                2
   Act PV                2
   VG Size               40.69 GiB
   PE Size               32.00 MiB
   Total PE              1302
   Alloc PE / Size       663 / 20.72 GiB
   Free  PE / Size       639 / 19.97 GiB
   VG UUID               0gvY4O-I3tT-WKK0-ClU2-sXDz-Nq0c-eExZz2

Create a logical volume & filesystem

I am first using lvcreate to create the logical volume, after verifying that the logical volume created correctly I will create a new filesystem on top with mkfs.

 [root@fedora-test ~]# lvcreate -L 10GB -n lv_yumrepo vg_fedoratest
   Logical volume "lv_yumrepo" created

 [root@fedora-test ~]# lvdisplay vg_fedoratest/lv_yumrepo
   --- Logical volume ---
   LV Name                /dev/vg_fedoratest/lv_yumrepo
   VG Name                vg_fedoratest
   LV UUID                rpl7q1-oi6N-nZot-bjPT-Y1qi-2W28-xlBg6Q
   LV Write Access        read/write
   LV Status              available
   # open                 0
   LV Size                10.00 GiB
   Current LE             320
   Segments               1
   Allocation             inherit
   Read ahead sectors     auto
   - currently set to     256
   Block device           253:2

 [root@fedora-test ~]# mkfs -t ext3 /dev/vg_fedoratest/lv_yumrepo
 mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
 Filesystem label=
 OS type: Linux
 Block size=4096 (log=2)
 Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
 Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
 655360 inodes, 2621440 blocks
 131072 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
 First data block=0
 Maximum filesystem blocks=2684354560
 80 block groups
 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
 8192 inodes per group
 Superblock backups stored on blocks:
    32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632

 Writing inode tables: done
 Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
 Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

 This filesystem will be automatically checked every 28 mounts or
 180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.

Mount the filesystem

Now that my filesystem is created I need to mount it; but before then I need to create the directory that the mount point will overlay and add the appropriate lines to the /etc/fstab file.

 [root@fedora-test ~]# mkdir /var/repo
 [root@fedora-test ~]# vi /etc/fstab
     ## Append to bottom
     /dev/mapper/vg_fedoratest-lv_yumrepo /var/repo ext3 defaults 0 0

 [root@fedora-test ~]# mount
 /dev/mapper/vg_fedoratest-lv_yumrepo on /var/repo type ext3 (rw,relatime,seclabel,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,nodelalloc,data=ordered)

 

Jan D.
Jan D.

"The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability."

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