How to create a new volume group in Linux?
. Create a physical volume on a spare disk or partition using pvcreate /dev/sdd /dev/sde
2. Create a new volume group using vgcreate MY_VG /dev/sdd /dev/sde
3. Create the logical volume using:
1. Simple logical volume of size 5 GB lvcreate -L 5G -n lv_simple MY_VG
2. Stripped Logical volume with 3 disks lvcreate -L 5G -i3 -n lv_stripped
3. Mirror Volume with 2 disk area mirroring each other using lvcreate -L 5G -m1 -n lv_mirror
4. Create the file system using mkfs.ext4 //dev/mapper/my_VG-lv_simple
5. Use it