NAME
lvm-categories — LVM command categories
DESCRIPTION
This page provides categorized list of LVM manual pages.
CATEGORIES
Core Commands
- lvm
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LVM tools
Builtin Commands
- config
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Display and manipulate configuration information
- devtypes
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Display recognised built-in block device types
- dumpconfig
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Display and manipulate configuration information
- formats
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List available metadata formats
- fullreport
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Display full report
- help
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Display help for commands
- lastlog
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Display last command's log report
- lvpoll
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Continue already initiated poll operation on a logical volume
- segtypes
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List available segment types
- systemid
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Display the system ID, if any, currently set on this host
- tags
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List tags defined on this host
- version
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Display software and driver version information
Concepts
- lvmautoactivation
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LVM autoactivation
- lvmcache
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LVM caching
- lvmraid
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LVM RAID
- lvmreport
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LVM reporting and related features
- lvmsystemid
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LVM system ID
- lvmthin
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LVM thin provisioning
- lvmvdo
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Support for Virtual Data Optimizer in LVM
Configuration
- lvm.conf
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Configuration file for LVM2
- lvmconfig
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Display and manipulate configuration information
Devices File Management
- lvmdevices
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Manage the devices file
- vgimportdevices
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Add devices for a VG to the devices file
Physical Volume Commands
- pvchange
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Change attributes of physical volume(s)
- pvcreate
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Initialize physical volume(s) for use by LVM
- pvmove
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Move extents from one physical volume to another
- pvremove
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Remove LVM label(s) from physical volume(s)
- pvresize
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Resize physical volume(s)
Volume Group Commands
- vgcfgbackup
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Backup volume group configuration(s)
- vgcfgrestore
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Restore volume group configuration
- vgchange
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Change volume group attributes
- vgconvert
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Removed: vgconvert has been removed along with the lvm1 format
- vgcreate
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Create a volume group
- vgexport
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Unregister volume group(s) from the system
- vgextend
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Add physical volumes to a volume group
- vgimport
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Register exported volume group with system
- vgimportclone
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Import a VG from cloned PVs
- vgmerge
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Merge volume groups
- vgmknodes
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Create the special files for volume group devices in /dev
- vgreduce
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Remove physical volume(s) from a volume group
- vgremove
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Remove volume group(s)
- vgrename
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Rename a volume group
- vgsplit
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Move physical volumes into a new or existing volume group
Logical Volume Commands
- lvchange
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Change the attributes of logical volume(s)
- lvconvert
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Change logical volume layout
- lvcreate
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Create a logical volume
- lvextend
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Add space to a logical volume
- lvreduce
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Reduce the size of a logical volume
- lvremove
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Remove logical volume(s) from the system
- lvrename
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Rename a logical volume
- lvresize
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Resize a logical volume
Reporting Commands
- lvdisplay
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Display information about a logical volume
- lvs
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Display information about logical volumes
- pvdisplay
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Display various attributes of physical volume(s)
- pvs
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Display information about physical volumes
- vgdisplay
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Display volume group information
- vgs
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Display information about volume groups
Scanning Commands
- lvmdiskscan
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List devices that may be used as physical volumes
- lvscan
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List all logical volumes in all volume groups
- pvscan
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List all physical volumes
- vgscan
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Search for all volume groups
Check Commands
- pvck
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Check metadata on physical volumes
- vgck
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Check the consistency of volume group(s)
Daemons
- dmeventd
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Device-mapper event daemon
- lvmpolld
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LVM poll daemon
Utility Commands
- blkdeactivate
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Utility to deactivate block devices
- fsadm
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Utility to resize or check a filesystem on a device
- lvm_import_vdo
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Utility to import VDO volumes into a new volume group
- lvmdump
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Create lvm2 information dumps for diagnostic purposes
- lvmpersist
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Manage persistent reservations on a group of block devices
Device-Mapper Commands
- dmsetup
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Low level logical volume management
- dmstats
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Device-mapper statistics management
- dmvdostats
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Display VDO statistics for device-mapper devices
Obsolete
- lvmsadc
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LVM system activity data collector
- lvmsar
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LVM system activity reporter