I've just installed Ubuntu on a new machine and while I usually go for the classic partitioning, I decided to use (default) LVM this time as the idea of creating volume snapshots was quite appealing. (moreover, I chose whole system encryption)
However, after the default install I ended up with only 2 logical volumes (swap and root) and am unable to take snapshots. The first question therefore is:
Q1: What is the point of such default LVM setup in Ubuntu?
While the inability to take snapshots is probably easy to solve, it seems to me it would not be of much use unless I create another logical volumes (e.g. one for /home) as I don't want the snapshot to include files in /home folder. The second question then is:
Q2: What is the good way of creating another logical volume, assigning it a mount point and moving files into it?
Note #1: My user's home is encrypted as well.
Note #2: While I did find several tutorials regarding use of LVM, this topic is not covered in any of them.