# Creating LVG's and LVs in Azure **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** azure\ **Created:** [December 11, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-lvgs-and-lvs-in-azure/34323 "2020-12-11T21:28:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dave\_McPherson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dave_mcpherson/32/6973_2.png) [@Dave\_McPherson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dave_McPherson)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-lvgs-and-lvs-in-azure/34323/1 "2020-12-11T21:28:30Z")
I have a post install script to partition and then add disk to Volume groups then create volumes in Azure. The parted portion of the script works fine but I get an error attempting to create the volume groups. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Dave - name: Partition disk parted: device: “/dev/disk/azure/scsi1/lun{{ item.lun }}” name: 1 number: 1 label: gpt state: present with\_items: - “{{ extra\_disks }}” when: item.lun is defined - name: “Make U01” lvg: pvs: “/dev/disk/azure/scsi1/lun{{ u01.lun }}-part1” vg: “vg\_{{ u01.vg }}” when: u01.vg != “None” - name: Make backups logical volume group lvg: pvs: “/dev/disk/azure/scsi1/lun{{ backups.lun }}-part1” vg: “vg\_{{ backups.vg }}” when: backups.vg != “None” The disk definition file looks like this: extra\_disks: - { size: 512, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 0, name: u01 } - { size: 8192, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 1, name: backups } - { size: 1024, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 2, name: ASMSR1PRDA } - { size: 1024, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 3, name: ASMSR1PRDB } - { size: 1024, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 4, name: ASMSR1PRDC } - { size: 1024, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 5, name: ASMSR1PRDD } - { size: 1024, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 6, name: ASMSR1PRDE } - { size: 1024, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 7, name: ASMSR1PRDF } - { size: 1024, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 8, name: ASMSR1PRDG } - { size: 1024, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 9, name: ASMSR1PRDH } - { size: 1024, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 10, name: ASMSR1PRDI } - { size: 1024, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 11, name: ASMSR1PRDJ } - { size: 512, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 12, name: ASMORARCHA } - { size: 512, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 13, name: ASMORARCHB } - { size: 512, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 14, name: ASMORARCHC } - { size: 512, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 15, name: ASMORARCHD } - { size: 128, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 16, name: ASMORALOG1A } - { size: 128, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 17, name: ASMORALOG2A } - { size: 512, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 18, name: ASMORAFLASHA } - { size: 16, type: Premium\_LRS, lun: 19, name: ASMCRSA } and the directory of /dev/disk/azure/scsi1 is: lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun0 → …/…/…/sdx lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun0-part1 → …/…/…/sdx1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun1 → …/…/…/sdc lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun10 → …/…/…/sdq lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun10-part1 → …/…/…/sdq1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun11 → …/…/…/sdj lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun11-part1 → …/…/…/sdj1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun12 → …/…/…/sdf lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun12-part1 → …/…/…/sdf1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun13 → …/…/…/sdd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun13-part1 → …/…/…/sdd1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun14 → …/…/…/sdl lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun14-part1 → …/…/…/sdl1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun15 → …/…/…/sdm lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun15-part1 → …/…/…/sdm1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun16 → …/…/…/sdu lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun16-part1 → …/…/…/sdu1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun17 → …/…/…/sdh lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun17-part1 → …/…/…/sdh1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun18 → …/…/…/sdv lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun18-part1 → …/…/…/sdv1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun19 → …/…/…/sdn lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun19-part1 → …/…/…/sdn1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun1-part1 → …/…/…/sdc1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun2 → …/…/…/sde lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun20 → …/…/…/sdk lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun20-part1 → …/…/…/sdk1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun21 → …/…/…/sdr lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun21-part1 → …/…/…/sdr1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun2-part1 → …/…/…/sde1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun3 → …/…/…/sdg lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun3-part1 → …/…/…/sdg1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun4 → …/…/…/sdw lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun4-part1 → …/…/…/sdw1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun5 → …/…/…/sdp lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun5-part1 → …/…/…/sdp1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun6 → …/…/…/sdo lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun6-part1 → …/…/…/sdo1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun7 → …/…/…/sdi lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun7-part1 → …/…/…/sdi1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun8 → …/…/…/sds lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun8-part1 → …/…/…/sds1 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Dec 11 17:54 lun9 → …/…/…/sdt lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Dec 11 17:54 lun9-part1 → …/…/…/sdt1 ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_McPherson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dave_mcpherson/32/6973_2.png) [@Dave\_McPherson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dave_McPherson)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-lvgs-and-lvs-in-azure/34323/2 "2020-12-11T21:35:28Z")
I get the following error when attempting to create the U01 vg. FAILED! =\> {“msg”: “The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: ‘u01’ is undefined\n\nThe error appears to be in ‘/etc/ansible/playbooks/configure\_disk-dave.yml’: line 25, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n - name: "Make U01"\n ^ here\n”} ---
**Author:** ![jean-yves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@jean-yves](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jean-yves)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-lvgs-and-lvs-in-azure/34323/3 "2020-12-11T22:02:38Z")
Hi, The message is pretty clear, you have no u01 variable defined in you vars file ! So when the line ’ when: u01.vg !=“None”’ evaluate it crashed because u01 is not known… Don’t know exactly what you want to do, but I saw ASM, so think about Oracle… Not sure mixing asm disk and LVM is a very good idea Regards, JYL ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-lvgs-and-lvs-in-azure/34323/4 "2020-12-13T21:55:17Z")
Why use LVM in Azure/AWS/VMware, when you can just expand the disk and grow the filesystem? LVM seems like an unneeded layer.