lvcreate Command Examples on Linux :
1. The following command creates a logical volume 15 gigabytes in size in the volume group vg_newlvm :
[root@centos7 ~]# lvcreate -L 15G vg_newlvm
2. The following command creates a 2500 MB linear logical volume named centos7_newvol in the volume group
vg_newlvm, creating the block device /dev/vg_newlvm/centos7_newvol :
[root@centos7 ~]# lvcreate -L 2500 -n centos7_newvol vg_newlvm
3. You can use the -l argument of the lvcreate command to specify the size of the logical volume in extents. You can also use this argument to specify the percentage of the volume group to use for the logical volume. The following command creates a logical volume called centos7_newvol that uses 50% of the total space in volume group vg_newlvm :
[root@centos7 ~]# lvcreate -l 50%VG -n centos7_newvol vg_newlvm
4. The following command creates a logical volume called centos7_newvol that uses all of the unallocated space in the volume group vg_newlvm :
[root@centos7 ~]# lvcreate --name centos7_newvol -l 100%FREE vg_newlvm