LVM: Create a new Volume Group

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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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