Create and Configure File Systems

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check and confirm the drive/partition you want to use.

root@TESTVM:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 32 GiB, 34359738368 bytes, 67108864 sectors
Disk model: QEMU HARDDISK   
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xd9de07a1

Device     Boot    Start      End  Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *        2048 65107967 65105920   31G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2       65110014 67106815  1996802  975M  5 Extended
/dev/sda5       65110016 67106815  1996800  975M 82 Linux swap / Solaris
root@TESTVM:~#

RedHat -> xfs
Ubunutu -> ext4

mkfs.xfs /dev/sdb1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1

You can create a label for a new Filesystem using the -L option.

mkfs.xfs -L "BackupVolume" /dev/sdb1

using mkfs without any argument it will show you some option:

The default behavior is not to override the existing filesystem. -f (force) option is available.

labels chang be changed without overwriting the filesystem.