LVM usage on infrastructure machines

We use the Linux Volume Manager (LVM) to manage storage on our infrastructure machines.

We use a setup with thin provisioned logical volumes for more flexibility.

Creating a snapshot

sudo lvcreate --snapshot -L 10G -n <container>_<action>_$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S) infra02/container_<container>

Field	Meaning	Example
<container>	Name of an existing container, use lvs to list existing volumes	blog
<action>	Something recognizable describing the reason for the snapshot	debian_upgrade