Using thin provisioning – the pool

• Use lvcreate with --type thin_pool and specify a physical size

• Alternatively specify the new name for the pool with --thinpool

• If none is provided, a name is generated e.g. lvol0

• Must name the Volume Group to use

• Either separately or as a prefix on the pool name

• -T is an abbreviation for --type thin_pool that also allows the pool name to be specified viz. -T vg1/pool1

• The same command may be specified in several different ways. As long as all the necessary information is provided and is consistent, the command should work.