vgcreate

Create volume group with single device

$ sudo vgcreate volume_group /dev/sda1

$ sudo vgcreate volume_group /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1

vgcreate [OPTIONS] VolumeGroupName PhysicalVolume...

vgcreate creates a new volume group by combining one or more physical volumes. Volume groups are the storage pools from which logical volumes are allocated, providing flexible storage management.

-s, --physicalextentsize size

Physical extent size for the volume group

Maximum number of physical volumes

Maximum number of logical volumes

Automatically backup metadata

Create a clustered volume group

Physical volumes must be initialized with pvcreate first. Volume group names must be unique on the system. Adding devices to a volume group creates a single storage pool for logical volume creation.

vgcreate is part of LVM2, the Linux Logical Volume Manager.

lvm(8), pvcreate(8), lvcreate(8), vgextend(8)