A new volume group & logical volume are named the same via the UI. Why?

[johnblue]

In the reading the admin guide here under the '3.8.6. Create a LVM-thin pool' section it shows that the command line allows for logical volume name that is different from the volume group name:

# lvcreate -L 80G -T -n vmstore vmdata

However, when the same is created via the UI, having a different name apparently is not an option.



Is this correct or am I missing something?

 

[mkoeppl]

You're correct, there is no way to do this through the UI. PVE uses the name you entered as inputs for the volume group and thinpool. If you really want to do this, there is of course the option to do it via command line, as you did.

 

[johnblue]

So the genesis of the question is because at some point in time I will want to create a cluster out of several of the servers that I have.

Will unique VG/LV names be required when the hosts become a member of a cluster?