First create a file system where you want to store the data: [root@myserver root]# lvcreate -L1G -n influxdb rhel [root@myserver root]# mkfs.xfs /dev/rhel/influxdb meta-data=/dev/rhel/influxdb     isize=512    agcount=4, agsize=65536 blks =                       sectsz=512   attr=2, projid32bit=1 =                       crc=1        finobt=0, sparse=0 data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=262144, imaxpct=25 =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks nam