---
name: "vslvminfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libvslvm-utils"
version: "20240504-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vslvminfo"
---

# vslvminfo(1)

determines information about a Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) volume system

## NAME

**vslvminfo** – determines information about a Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) volume system

## SYNOPSIS

**vslvminfo** \[**-o** *offset*\] \[**-hvV**\] *source*

## DESCRIPTION

**vslvminfo** is a utility to determine information about a Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) volume system

**vslvminfo** is part of the **libvslvm** package. **libvslvm** is a library to access the Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) volume system format

*source* is the source file.

The options are as follows:

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-o** *offset*

  specify the volume offset in bytes

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# vslvminfo /dev/sda1
vslvminfo 20160109
Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) information:
Volume Group (VG):
	Name:					vg_test
	Identifier:				5eR8zl-q5VX-Qtiw-FmDd-6yBE-I8qe-0sjQf9
	Sequence number:			4
	Extent size:				4194304 bytes
	Number of physical volumes:		1
	Number of logical volumes:		1
Physical Volume (PV): 1
	Name:					pv0
	Identifier:				2TdWwb-R5um-UZnU-3Yb6-K2MF-bTtr-AgVQfp
	Device path:				/dev/loop1
	Volume size:				268435456 bytes
Logical Volume (LV): 1
	Name:					lv_test1
	Identifier:				Lt5rVq-Ksgd-p8kx-XYP4-6uTq-Mlh4-yxOiL4
	Number of segments:			1
	Segment: 1
		Offset:				0x00000000 (0)
		Size:				76 MiB (79691776 bytes)
		Number of stripes:		1
		Stripe: 1
			Physical volume:	pv0
			Data area offset:	0x00000000 (0)
```

## DIAGNOSTICS

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

## BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind to \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libvslvm/

## AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2014-2024, Joachim Metz \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\>. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.