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Fig ure 14 .7. Un allo cat ed Vo lu mes
Clicking on the Ad d to Exi sti ng Vo l ume G ro up button will display a pop-up window listing
the existing volume groups to which you can add the physical volume you are about to initialize. A
volume group may span across one or more hard disks.
Examp le 14 .3. Ad d a p hysical volu me t o volu me g ro u p
In this example only one volume group exists as illustrated below.
Once added to an existing volume group the new logical volume is automatically added to the
unused space of the selected volume group. You can use the unused space to:
create a new logical volume (click on the C reate New Lo g i cal Vo l ume(s) button),
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