Add a Filesystem to a Red Hat Linux Virtual Machine

Steps to add a mount point to a Red Hat Linux system using LVM:

1. Add a disk in VMware.
2. Ensure the disk is visible on your server.

   [root@server]# lsblk
   sde                     8:64   0  250G  0 disk
   

3. Create a physical volume.

   [root@server]# pvcreate /dev/sde
   [root@server]# pvs
   /dev/sde   VolGroup02 lvm2 a--  <250.00g      0
   

4. Create a volume group.

   [root@server]# vgcreate VolGroup02 /dev/sde
   [root@server]# vgs
   VolGroup02   1   1   0 wz--n- <250.00g      0
   

5. Create a logical volume.

   [root@server]# lvcreate -l 100%FREE -n u01 VolGroup02
   [root@server]# lvs
   u01    VolGroup02 -wi-ao---- <250.00g
   

6. Make a filesystem.

   [root@server]# mkfs.xfs /dev/VolGroup02/u01
   

7. Mount the volume. (Create the mount point if necessary.)

   [root@server]# mount /dev/VolGroup02/u01 /u01
   

8. Add it to /etc/fstab to be mounted on reboot.

   [root@server]# vi /etc/fstab
   /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-lvol01 swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
   /dev/mapper/VolGroup02-u01 /u01                    xfs     defaults        0 0