Mount LVM Volumes

Optional - Decrypt LUKS Encrypted Disk

The first job is to decrypt the LUKS encrypted physical disk if needed. Otherwise, you may skip this step. For the sake of simplicity, this section assumes /dev/sda_crypt as the decrypted mapped medium.

Mounting LVM Volume

Once the encrypted disks are decrypted, you may begin to mount LVM volume from scratch.

Scan For LVM Volume(s)

Instead of scanning it manually, you may use vgscan command. It is as simple as:

$ vgscan --mknodes

Found volume group "lvmVG01" using metadata type lvm2

Activate LVM Volume(s)

Once you obtain the LVM volume name from the scan (in the example above, it is "lvmVG01"), you want to activate it. To do that, you use the following command:

$ vgchange -ay <volume name>

Based on the example above, it is:

$ vgchange -ay lvmVG01

...

Verify Logical Volumes

At this point, all logical volumes within the LVM volume(s) are now available, you may query the logical volume status just in case.

Create Mounting Directory

Now we can create the mounting directory at the desired locations. Example:

$ mkdir -vp /media/u0/{drive1,drive2}

Mount Drive

With the target directories ready, you can mount the drive as usual. All logical volumes are available under /dev/<volume name>/<logical volume name> path similar to the conventional /dev/sdX physical disk pattern. The command syntax is as follows:

$ mount /dev/<volume name>/<logical volume name> /path/to/mounting/point

Example:

$ mount /dev/lvmVG01/localstore /media/u0/drive1

Ready for Use

As such, your drive is ready for use at your target mounting point.

That's all for mounting LVM volume.