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LVM: Create a new Volume Group

# Tested on RHEL 5, 6 & 7

# First, verify the disk/partition to use on the new VG with "fdisk" or any other similar
# tool

DISK=/dev/sdb
VG=newvg


# Initialize the physical disk to be used by LVM
pvcreate $DISK


# Create VG

vgcreate  -v $VG $DISK
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