On 4/13/2010 6:03 AM, Alan Pek wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > Read through the doc and tried to create a snapshot lv for rootlv by > doing, but failed. > > singmrecfp1001:~ # lvcreate -L 2.5g -s -n rsnap rootvg > Path required for Logical Volume "rootvg" > The origin name should include the volume group. > lvcreate: Create a logical volume You need to specify the name of the logical volume you are trying to snapshot but you only gave the volume group name. Try rootvg/rootlv, assuming your root lv is named "rootlv". _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/