Why AWS AMI or Gold Images have standard partitions and not LVM partitions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ?

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Issue

  • Why AMI or golden cloud images use a single/ standard root filesystem rather than using a multi-partition or LVM layout?
  • Why there is single partition on my AWS host?
  • Can I make custom image with LVM for my AWS installation?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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