After extending a logical volume with lvextend, what additional step is typically required to make the additional space available to the filesystem?

Run resize2fs (or xfs_growfs) to resize the filesystem

Run vgdisplay to update the volume group

Which of the following correctly describes the LVM architecture hierarchy from the lowest level to the highest level?

Physical Volume → Logical Volume → Volume Group

Volume Group → Physical Volume → Logical Volume

Physical Volume → Volume Group → Logical Volume

Logical Volume → Volume Group → Physical Volume

An administrator creates an LVM RAID 10 LV using four PVs. Which lvcreate command correctly creates this RAID level?

lvcreate --type raid10 -i 2 -m 1 -n lvraid10 -L 100G vgdata

lvcreate --type raid6 -i 2 -n lvraid10 -L 100G vgdata

lvcreate --type raid5 -i 3 -n lvraid10 -L 100G vgdata

lvcreate --type raid1 -m 3 -n lvraid10 -L 100G vgdata

What is the main advantage of using thin provisioning in LVM?

Overcommitting storage so that logical volumes can be larger than the available physical space

Improved performance compared to linear volumes

LPI LPIC-3 High Availability and Storage Clusters

Domain 4Objective 3

364.3 Advanced LVM (weight: 3) LPIC-3-HIGH-AVAILABILITY Practice Questions (Page 3)

Part of the Topic 364: Single Node High Availability domain, which makes up ~27% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~9–16 in this domain), expect 2–4 from this objective — we provide 26 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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11foundation · easy
After extending a logical volume with lvextend, what additional step is typically required to make the additional space available to the filesystem?
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12foundation · easy
Which of the following correctly describes the LVM architecture hierarchy from the lowest level to the highest level?
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13foundation · easy
Which command initializes a block device as a physical volume for use with LVM?
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14application · medium
An administrator creates an LVM RAID 10 LV using four PVs. Which lvcreate command correctly creates this RAID level?
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15foundation · easy
What is the main advantage of using thin provisioning in LVM?
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