Redhat Linux 7 – System Storage Manager

I was tasked with creating some Redhat Linux servers recently and had to create multiple volume groups and volume mount points.  Usually this task can be daunting when you see a spreadsheet full of mount points.  But with SSM(System Storage Manager) it was a breeze! Examples below.

First off you will need to install SSM.

yum install system-storage-manager

Once installed.

ssm list

Create a volume group.

ssm create -p VG001 /dev/sdb – p is for Pool(Volume Group)
ssm remove VG001

Create a volume group(Pool) and create a volume with a mount point.

ssm create -s 1024M -n volume_name –fstype xfs -p VG001 /dev/sdb /mount_point

There is much, much more you can do, like expand volumes as well.