verseau:~# pvcreate /dev/sda4
  Physical volume "/dev/sda4" successfully created
verseau:~# vgcreate vserver /dev/sda4
  Volume group "vserver" successfully created
verseau:~# vgdisplay -v vserver
    Using volume group(s) on command line
    Finding volume group "vserver"
  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               vserver
  System ID             
  Format                lvm2
  Metadata Areas        1
  Metadata Sequence No  1
  VG Access             read/write
  VG Status             resizable
  MAX LV                0
  Cur LV                0
  Open LV               0
  Max PV                0
  Cur PV                1
  Act PV                1
  VG Size               51.21 GB
  PE Size               4.00 MB
  Total PE              13111
  Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0   
  Free  PE / Size       13111 / 51.21 GB
  VG UUID               5in5Xe-Jt2z-95P2-qzpI-6FbJ-sGhA-otzUjh
   
  --- Physical volumes ---
  PV Name               /dev/sda4     
  PV UUID               3ZgOru-zL0E-lxu2-Xy5b-Bk9C-Ae5W-4Vgl7E
  PV Status             allocatable
  Total PE / Free PE    13111 / 13111
   
verseau:~# lvcreate -L 2G -n vserver1 vserver
  Logical volume "vserver1" created
verseau:~# lvcreate -L 2G -n vserver1 vserver
  Logical volume "vserver2" created
verseau:~# lvcreate -L 2G -n vserver2 vserver
  Logical volume "vserver3" created
verseau:~# lvcreate -L 2G -n vserver3 vserver
 Logical volume "vserver4" created
verseau:~# lvcreate -L 2G -n vserver4 vserver
  Logical volume "vserver5" created
verseau:~# lvcreate -L 2G -n vserver5 vserver
  Logical volume "vserver6" created
verseau:~# lvcreate -L 2G -n vserver6 vserver
verseau:~# l /dev/vserver/vserver*
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 28 Feb 13 16:25 /dev/vserver/vserver1 -> /dev/mapper/vserver-vserver1
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 28 Feb 13 16:25 /dev/vserver/vserver2 -> /dev/mapper/vserver-vserver2
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 28 Feb 13 16:26 /dev/vserver/vserver3 -> /dev/mapper/vserver-vserver3
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 28 Feb 13 16:26 /dev/vserver/vserver4 -> /dev/mapper/vserver-vserver4
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 28 Feb 13 16:26 /dev/vserver/vserver5 -> /dev/mapper/vserver-vserver5
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 28 Feb 13 16:26 /dev/vserver/vserver6 -> /dev/mapper/vserver-vserver6
verseau:~# mkfs.ext3v /dev/mapper/vserver-vserver1
mke2fs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
262144 inodes, 524288 blocks
26214 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
16 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
16384 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
	32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912

Writing inode tables:  0/16 1/16 2/16 3/16 4/16 5/16 6/16 7/16 8/16 9/16 10/16 11/16 12/16 13/16 14/16 15/16 done                            
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 27 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
verseau:~# mount /dev/vserver/vserver1  /mnt/
verseau:~# mount
/dev/sda2 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sda10 on /home type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda6 on /opt type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda9 on /srv type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda7 on /tmp type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda5 on /usr type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda8 on /var type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/hdb5 on /data1 type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/hdc5 on /data2 type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/hdd5 on /data3 type ext3 (rw,noatime)
none on /var/lib/vservers/vton1/proc type proc (rw)
none on /var/lib/vservers/vton1/dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /var/lib/vservers/vton2/proc type proc (rw)
none on /var/lib/vservers/vton2/dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /var/lib/vservers/vton3/proc type proc (rw)
none on /var/lib/vservers/vton3/dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=0620)
/data2/antonio on /home/antonio/tmp type none (rw,bind)
none on /var/lib/vservers/clone/proc type proc (rw)
none on /var/lib/vservers/clone/dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=0620)
/dev/mapper/vserver-vserver1 on /mnt type ext3 (rw)
verseau:~# l /mnt/
total 16
drwx------  2 root root 16384 Feb 13 16:27 lost+found

apparemment suite a la création des mes LV, le répertoire /etc/lvmconf est vide,
je copie celui présent dans /usr/share/doc/lvm2/example.conf.gz
je met des filtres pour que le noyaux n'actives pas d'autres péripherique
(suite a mon reboot (apres mise en dur des option DM du noyaux), le DM active (apparemment)
les disques hdd,hdb et hda...les rendants impossibles a monter ;-)
seul la mise en place de lvm.conf et des filtres correspondant règles le problème
ps: a la lecture de lvm.conf je comprend qu'a une epoque j'ai rencontré des problemes "grave"
au boot , suite a une migration de ma /var dans un LV. 

# /etc/lvm/lvm.conf file.


# This section allows you to configure which block devices should
# be used by the LVM system.
devices {

    # Where do you want your volume groups to appear ?
    dir = "/dev"

    # An array of directories that contain the device nodes you wish
    # to use with LVM2.
    scan = [ "/dev" ]

    # Exclude the cdrom drive
    filter = [ "r|/dev/cdrom|" ]
    filter = [ "r|/dev/hda*|" ]
    filter = [ "r|/dev/hdb*|" ]
    filter = [ "r|/dev/hdc*|" ]
    filter = [ "r|/dev/hdd*|" ]

    cache = "/etc/lvm/.cache"

    write_cache_state = 1

    sysfs_scan = 1	

    md_component_detection = 0
}

# This section that allows you to configure the nature of the
# information that LVM2 reports.
log {

    verbose = 1

    syslog = 1

    file = "/var/log/lvm2.log"

    overwrite = 0

    level = 0
    
    indent = 1

    command_names = 0
    prefix = "  "

}

backup {

    backup = 1

    backup_dir = "/etc/lvm/backup"

    archive = 1

    archive_dir = "/etc/lvm/archive"
    
    retain_min = 10

    retain_days = 30
}

# Settings for the running LVM2 in shell (readline) mode.
shell {

    history_size = 100
}


# Miscellaneous global LVM2 settings
global {
    
    umask = 077

    test = 0

    activation = 1

    proc = "/proc"

    locking_type = 1

    locking_dir = "/var/lock/lvm"

}

activation {
    missing_stripe_filler = "/dev/ioerror"

    mirror_region_size = 512

    reserved_stack = 256

    reserved_memory = 8192

    process_priority = -18

}

comment copier le vserver original

# vserver vton1 stop...
...
# mkdir /tmp/vservertmp
# mount /dev/vserver/vserver2 /tmp/vservertmp...
# cp -ar /var/lib/vservers/vton1/* /tmp/vservertmp/
...
...
# umount /tmp/vservertmp/
# rm -rf /var/lib/vservers/vton1/* 
# mount /dev/vserver/vserver2 /var/lib/vservers/vton1
# vserver vton1 start
...
apres mise en dur dans /etc/fstab
# echo "/dev/vserver/vserver2 /var/lib/vservers/vton1   ext3    noatime    0   2" >> /etc/fstab 

comment augmenter la taille d'un volume
(operation fait a chaud)
le volume etait demonté quand meme (c'est pas tjr une obligation cela depend du FS je crois).

verseau:~# lvextend -L +1G /dev/vserver/vserver6
  Extending logical volume vserver6 to 3.00 GB
  Logical volume vserver6 successfully resized
verseau:~# resize2fs /dev/vserver/vserver6
resize2fs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
Resizing the filesystem on /dev/vserver/vserver6 to 786432 (4k) blocks.
The filesystem on /dev/vserver/vserver6 is now 786432 blocks long.

verseau:~# mount  /dev/vserver/vserver6 /mnt/
verseau:~# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2             1.8G  172M  1.5G  11% /
tmpfs                 379M  4.0K  379M   1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1              45M   24M   19M  56% /boot
/dev/sda10            897M  462M  388M  55% /home
/dev/sda6             2.8G   33M  2.6G   2% /opt
/dev/sda9             897M  8.1M  841M   1% /srv
/dev/sda7             897M  8.1M  841M   1% /tmp
/dev/sda5             5.5G  3.6G  1.7G  69% /usr
/dev/sda8             3.7G  3.2G  289M  92% /var
/dev/hdb5             184G  172G  2.7G  99% /data1
/dev/hdc5             184G  108G   67G  62% /data2
/dev/hdd5             111G  111G     0 100% /data3
/dev/mapper/vserver-vserver1     2.0G  688M  1.2G  36% /var/lib/vservers/clone
/dev/mapper/vserver-vserver2     2.0G  537M  1.4G  29% /var/lib/vservers/vton1
/dev/mapper/vserver-vserver3     2.0G  702M  1.2G  37% /var/lib/vservers/vton3
/dev/mapper/vserver-vserver4     2.0G  702M  1.2G  37% /var/lib/vservers/vton3
/dev/mapper/vserver-vserver6     3.0G   33M  2.9G   2% /mnt