ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.7.7 / module / lvol Configure LVM logical volumes | "added in version" 1.1 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Jeroen Hoekx (@jhoekx), Alexander Bulimov (@abulimov) preview | supported by communityansible.builtin.lvol (v2.7.7) — module
pip
Install with pip install ansible==2.7.7
This module creates, removes or resizes logical volumes.
- name: Create a logical volume of 512m lvol: vg: firefly lv: test size: 512
- name: Create a logical volume of 512m with disks /dev/sda and /dev/sdb lvol: vg: firefly lv: test size: 512 pvs: /dev/sda,/dev/sdb
- name: Create cache pool logical volume lvol: vg: firefly lv: lvcache size: 512m opts: --type cache-pool
- name: Create a logical volume of 512g. lvol: vg: firefly lv: test size: 512g
- name: Create a logical volume the size of all remaining space in the volume group lvol: vg: firefly lv: test size: 100%FREE
- name: Create a logical volume with special options lvol: vg: firefly lv: test size: 512g opts: -r 16
- name: Extend the logical volume to 1024m. lvol: vg: firefly lv: test size: 1024
- name: Extend the logical volume to consume all remaining space in the volume group lvol: vg: firefly lv: test size: +100%FREE
- name: Extend the logical volume to take all remaining space of the PVs and resize the underlying filesystem lvol: vg: firefly lv: test size: 100%PVS resizefs: true
- name: Resize the logical volume to % of VG lvol: vg: firefly lv: test size: 80%VG force: yes
- name: Reduce the logical volume to 512m lvol: vg: firefly lv: test size: 512 force: yes
- name: Set the logical volume to 512m and do not try to shrink if size is lower than current one lvol: vg: firefly lv: test size: 512 shrink: no
- name: Remove the logical volume. lvol: vg: firefly lv: test state: absent force: yes
- name: Create a snapshot volume of the test logical volume. lvol: vg: firefly lv: test snapshot: snap1 size: 100m
- name: Deactivate a logical volume lvol: vg: firefly lv: test active: false
- name: Create a deactivated logical volume lvol: vg: firefly lv: test size: 512g active: false
- name: Create a thin pool of 512g lvol: vg: firefly thinpool: testpool size: 512g
- name: Create a thin volume of 128g lvol: vg: firefly lv: test thinpool: testpool size: 128g
lv: description: - The name of the logical volume. vg: description: - The volume group this logical volume is part of. pvs: description: - Comma separated list of physical volumes (e.g. /dev/sda,/dev/sdb). version_added: '2.2' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin opts: description: - Free-form options to be passed to the lvcreate command. version_added: '2.0' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin size: description: - The size of the logical volume, according to lvcreate(8) --size, by default in megabytes or optionally with one of [bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE] units; or according to lvcreate(8) --extents as a percentage of [VG|PVS|FREE]; Float values must begin with a digit. Resizing using percentage values was not supported prior to 2.1. force: default: 'no' description: - Shrink or remove operations of volumes requires this switch. Ensures that that filesystems get never corrupted/destroyed by mistake. type: bool version_added: '1.5' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin state: choices: - absent - present default: present description: - Control if the logical volume exists. If C(present) and the volume does not already exist then the C(size) option is required. active: default: 'yes' description: - Whether the volume is activate and visible to the host. type: bool version_added: '2.2' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin shrink: default: 'yes' description: - Shrink if current size is higher than size requested. type: bool version_added: '2.2' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin resizefs: default: 'no' description: - Resize the underlying filesystem together with the logical volume. type: bool version_added: '2.5' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin snapshot: description: - The name of the snapshot volume version_added: '2.1' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin thinpool: description: - The thin pool volume name. When you want to create a thin provisioned volume, specify a thin pool volume name. version_added: '2.5' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin