1989年，LVM最早出现IBM AIX 3.0 (Early Access),[1] 可查询到的资料中未直接写明由IBM开发。
1991年，LVM出现在Open Software Foundation的OSF/1（UNIX分支）中。[1]
1992年，LVM出现在HP-UX 9.0中。[2]
1998年，LVM被移植到Linux中。[3]
Heinz Mauelshagen wrote the original LVM code in 1998, taking its primary design guidelines from the HP-UX’s volume manager.[3]
the Linux LVM implementation is similar to the HP-UX LVM implementation.[1]
OSF 的成员包括Apollo, Dec, HP, IBM.[4]
在惠普外网的一个技术论坛中看到如下的讨论，十分感慨：
I started in beginning 94 to take care of a 855s running HP-UX 8.XX but I was a real novice from developpemnt with no knowledge of administration or system engineering (No access to forums and was alone…).
参考资料：
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_AIX
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-UX
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_(Linux)
[4] http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part6/
[5] https://community.hpe.com/t5/LVM-and-VxVM/Question-on-HP-s-LVM-History/td-p/4928747