Enabling LVM on RHEL

Last Updated : Jun 10, 2026 |

About this task

Logical Volume Management (LVM) is a tool that enables you to manage Linux logical and physical volumes. You require this tool to create the required disk layout for Avaya Aura® Device Services. On the Google Cloud Platform RHEL, LVM is disabled by default. You must enable LVM manually.

Before you begin

Enable the YUM package manager on RHEL. For information about enabling YUM, see the Red Hat YUM documentation.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the virtual machine as the root user using the SSH connection.
  2. Run the following command:
    yum install lvm2*