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Does LVM 2 use a different format from LVM 1 for its ondisk representation of Volume Groups and Logical Volumes?

April 26, 2017different format groups LVM representation volume

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Does LVM 2 use a different format from LVM 1 for its ondisk representation of Volume Groups and Logical Volumes?

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Yes. LVM 2 uses lvm 2 format metadata. This format is much more flexible than the LVM 1 format metadata, removing or reducing most of the limitations LVM 1 had.