This section provides a detailed explanation of how to create an EVMS native volume with EVMS by providing instructions to help you complete the following task.
Example 12.1. Create an EVMS native volume
Create an EVMS native volume called "Sample Volume" from the region,
/lvm/Sample Container/Region, you created in Chapter 9, Creating regions.
Follow these instructions to create an EVMS volume:
Select → → .
Choose lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region.
Type Sample Volume in the
name field.
Click .
Alternatively, you can perform some of the steps to create an EVMS volume from the GUI context sensitive menu:
From the tab, right click
lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region.
Click
Continue beginning with step 3 of the GUI instructions.
To create a volume, follow these steps:
Select → → .
Enter Sample Volume at the "name" prompt.
Press Enter.
Activate .
Alternatively, you can perform some of the steps to create an EVMS volume from the context sensitive menu:
From the Available Objects view, press Enter on
lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region.
Activate the menu item.
Continue beginning with step 3 of the Ncurses instructions.
To create a volume, use the Create command. The arguments
the Create command accepts vary depending on what is being created. In
the case of the example, the first argument is the key word volume that
specifies what is being created. The second argument is the object being made into a volume,
in this case lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region.
The third argument is type specific for an EVMS
volume, Name=, followed by what
you want to call the volume, in this case Sample Volume. The following command
creates the volume from the example.
Create: Volume, "lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region", Name="Sample Volume"