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man: updates for lvconvert and lvcreate
Cleanup and improvement on man pages.
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Version 2.02.99 -
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===================================
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Improve lvcreate, lvconvert and lvm man pages.
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Clean up format1 PV write to remove a need for an orphan VG for it to pass.
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Fix vgextend to not allow a PV with 0 MDAs to be used while already in a VG.
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Move update_pool_params() from /tools to /lib for better reuse.
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@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ lvconvert \- convert a logical volume from linear to mirror or snapshot
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.IR StripeSize ]]]
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.RB [ \-Z | \-\-zero
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.RI { y | n }]
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.RB [ \-h | \-? | \-\-help ]
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.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
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.RB [ \-\-version ]
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.RB [ \-T | \-\-thin
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.IR ExternalOriginLogicalVolume { Name | Path }
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.RB [ \-\-originname
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.IR NewExternalOriginVolumeName ]]
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.RI [ PhysicalVolume [ Path ][ :PE [ -PE ]]...]
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.RB [ \-h | \-? | \-\-help ]
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.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
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.RB [ \-\-version ]
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.sp
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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@ -123,11 +123,20 @@ the freed extents come first from the specified PhysicalVolumes.
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.SH OPTIONS
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See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options.
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.br
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Exactly one of
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.BR \-\-merge ", " \-\-mirrors ", " \-\-repair ", " \-\-replace
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.RB ", " \-\-snapshot ", " \-\-splitmirrors " or " \-\-thinpool
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Exactly one of
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.BR \-\-merge ,
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.BR \-\-mirrors ,
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.BR \-\-repair ,
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.BR \-\-replace ,
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.BR \-\-snapshot ,
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.BR \-\-splitmirrors
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or
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.BR \-\-thinpool
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arguments is required.
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.TP
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.BR \-b ", " \-\-background
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Run the daemon in the background.
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.TP
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.BR \-m ", " \-\-mirrors " " \fIMirrors
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Specifies the degree of the mirror you wish to create.
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For example, "\fB-m 1\fP" would convert the original logical
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@ -136,17 +145,17 @@ linear volume plus one copy.
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.TP
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.IR \fB\-\-mirrorlog " {" disk | core | mirrored }
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Specifies the type of log to use.
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The default is disk, which is persistent and requires
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The default is \fIdisk\fP, which is persistent and requires
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a small amount of storage space, usually on a separate device
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from the data being mirrored.
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Core may be useful for short-lived mirrors: It means the mirror is
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from the data being mirrored.
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\fICore\fP may be useful for short-lived mirrors: It means the mirror is
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regenerated by copying the data from the first device again every
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time the device is activated - perhaps, for example, after every reboot.
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Using "mirrored" will create a persistent log that is itself mirrored.
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Using \fImirrored\fP will create a persistent log that is itself mirrored.
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.TP
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.B \-\-corelog
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The optional argument \fB--corelog\fP is the same as specifying
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\fB--mirrorlog core\fP.
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The optional argument \fB\-\-corelog\fP is the same as specifying
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\fB\-\-mirrorlog\fP \fIcore\fP.
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.TP
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.BR \-R ", " \-\-regionsize " " \fIMirrorLogRegionSize
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A mirror is divided into regions of this size (in MB), and the mirror log
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@ -157,14 +166,11 @@ Used to convert a logical volume to another segment type or to explicitly state
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the desired RAID1 segment type (\fImirror\fP or \fIraid1\fP) when converting
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a linear logical volume to a mirror with the \fB-m\fP argument.
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.TP
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.BR \-b ", " \-\-background
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Run the daemon in the background.
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.TP
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.BR \-i ", " \-\-interval " " \fISeconds
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Report progress as a percentage at regular intervals.
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.TP
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.B \-\-noudevsync
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Disable udev synchronisation. The
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Disables udev synchronisation. The
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process will not wait for notification from udev.
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It will continue irrespective of any possible udev processing
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in the background. You should only use this if udev is not running
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@ -176,7 +182,7 @@ to form a new logical volume. A name must be supplied for the
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newly-split-off logical volume using the \fB\-\-name\fP argument, unless
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the \fB\-\-trackchanges\fP argument is given.
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.TP
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.B \-n \fIName
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.BR \-n ", " \-\-name\ \fIName
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The name to apply to a logical volume which has been split off from
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a mirror logical volume.
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.TP
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@ -190,21 +196,23 @@ Please note that this feature is only supported with the new md-based mirror
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implementation and not with the original device-mapper mirror implementation.
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.TP
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.B \-s, \-\-snapshot
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Create a snapshot from existing logical volume using another
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Creates a snapshot from existing logical volume using another
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existing logical volume as its origin.
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.TP
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.BR \-c ", " \-\-chunksize " " \fIChunkSize [ \fIbBsSkKmMgG ]
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Gives the size of chunk for snapshot and thin pool logical volumes.
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Default unit is in kilobytes.
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.br
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For snapshots the value must be power of 2 between 4KiB and 512KiB
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and the default value is 4.
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.br
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For thin pools the value must be between 64KiB and
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1GiB and the default value starts with 64 and scales
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up to fit the pool metadata size within 128MB,
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up to fit the pool metadata size within 128MiB,
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if the pool metadata size is not specified.
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Older dm thin pool target version (<1.4) requires the value to be power of 2.
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The newer version requires to be the multiple of 64KiB, however discard is
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not supported for non power of 2 values.
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Default unit is in kilobytes.
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Thin pool target version <1.4 requires the value to be a power of 2.
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The newer target version relaxes limitation to be a multiple of 64KiB.
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For target version <1.5 discard is not supported for non power of 2 values.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-discards " {" \fIignore | \fInopassdown | \fIpassdown }
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Sets discards behavior for thin pool.
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@ -235,11 +243,12 @@ be specified on the commandline or a @tag may be used to specify
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multiple snapshots be merged to their respective origin.
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.TP
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.B \-\-originname \fINewExternalOriginVolumeName\fP
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The name for converted external origin volume.
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The new name for original logical volume, which becomes external origin volume.
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.br
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Without this option a default names of "lvol#" will be generated where
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# is the LVM internal number of the logical volume.
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Converted volume will be read-only.
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This volume will be read-only and cannot be further modified as long,
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as it is being used as external origin.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-poolmetadata " " \fIThinPoolMetadataLogicalVolume { \fIName | \fIPath }
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Specifies thin pool metadata logical volume.
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@ -300,11 +309,13 @@ For metadata in LVM2 format, the stripe size may be a larger
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power of 2 but must not exceed the physical extent size.
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.TP
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.IR \fB\-T ", " \fB\-\-thin " " ExternalOriginLogicalVolume { Name | Path }
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Changes the logical volume into a thin volume for the thin pool
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specified with the option \fB\-\-thinpool\fP. \fIExternalOriginLogicalVolume\fP
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is converted into a new read-only logical volume which will be used as an
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external origin volume for unprovisioned areas.
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The non-default name for this new volume can be specified with \fB\-\-originname\fP.
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Converts the logical volume into a thin logical volume of the thin pool
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specified with \fB\-\-thinpool\fP. The original logical volume
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.I ExternalOriginLogicalVolume
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is renamed into a new read-only logical volume.
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The non-default name for this volume use \fB\-\-originname\fP.
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The volume cannot be further modified as long as it is used as an
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external origin volume for unprovisioned areas of any thin logical volume.
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.TP
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.IR \fB\-\-thinpool " " ThinPoolLogicalVolume { Name | Path }
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Changes logical volume into a thin pool volume. The volume
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@ -361,7 +372,7 @@ Merges "vg00/lvol1_snap" into its origin:
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.B lvconvert \-\-merge vg00/lvol1_snap
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If "vg00/lvol1", "vg00/lvol2" and "vg00/lvol3" are all tagged with "some_tag"
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each snapshot logical volume will be merged serially,
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each snapshot logical volume will be merged serially,
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e.g.: "vg00/lvol1", then "vg00/lvol2", then "vg00/lvol3".
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If \-\-background were used it would start
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all snapshot logical volume merges in parallel.
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@ -413,12 +424,13 @@ For the read-only external origin use the new name "vg00/external".
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR lvm (8),
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.BR vgcreate (8),
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.BR lvremove (8),
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.BR lvrename (8),
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.BR lvm.conf (5),
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.BR lvdisplay (8),
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.BR lvextend (8),
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.BR lvreduce (8),
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.BR lvdisplay (8),
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.BR lvremove (8),
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.BR lvrename (8),
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.BR lvscan (8),
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.BR thin_dump(8),
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.BR thin_restore(8)
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.BR vgcreate (8),
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.BR thin_dump (8),
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.BR thin_restore (8)
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.IR ChunkSize [ bBsSkK ]]
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.RB [ \-\-noudevsync ]
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.RB [ \-\-ignoremonitoring ]
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.RB [ \-\-monitor " {" \fIy | \fIn }]
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.RB [ \-\-monitor
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.RI { y | n }]
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.RB [ \-n | \-\-name
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.IR SnapshotLogicalVolume { Name | Path }]
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.BR \-s | \-\-snapshot
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If it is possible technically, \fB-a\fIn\fR will leave the new Logical
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Volume inactive. But for example, snapshots can only be created
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in the active state so \fB\-a\fIn\fR cannot be used with \fB\-\-snapshot\fP.
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Normally the \fB\-\-zero n\fP argument has to be supplied too because
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Normally the \fB\-\-zero\fP \fIn\fP argument has to be supplied too because
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zeroing (the default behaviour) also requires activation.
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If autoactivation option is used (\fB\-a\fIay\fR), the logical volume is
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activated only if it matches an item in the activation/auto_activation_volume_list
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set in lvm.conf. For autoactivated logical volumes, \fB\-\-zero n\fP is
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always assumed and it can't be overridden. If clustered locking is enabled,
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activated only if it matches an item in the
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.B activation/auto_activation_volume_list
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set in \fBlvm.conf\fP(5).
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For autoactivated logical volumes, \fB\-\-zero\fP \fIn\fP is always assumed
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and it can't be overridden. If the clustered locking is enabled,
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\fB\-a\fIey\fR will activate exclusively on one node and \fB\-a\fIly\fR will
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activate only on the local node.
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.TP
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.BR \-c ", " \-\-chunksize " " \fIChunkSize [ \fIbBsSkKmMgG ]
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Gives the size of chunk for snapshot and thin pool logical volumes.
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Default unit is in kilobytes.
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.br
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For snapshots the value must be power of 2 between 4KiB and 512KiB
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and the default value is 4.
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.br
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For thin pools the value must be between 64KiB and
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1GiB and the default value starts with 64 and scales
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up to fit the pool metadata size within 128MB,
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up to fit the pool metadata size within 128MiB,
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if the pool metadata size is not specified.
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Older dm thin pool target version (<1.4) requires the value to be power of 2.
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The newer version requires to be the multiple of 64KiB, however discard is
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not supported for non power of 2 values.
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Default unit is in kilobytes.
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Thin pool target version <1.4 requires the value to be a power of 2.
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The newer target version relaxes limitation to be a multiple of 64KiB.
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For target version <1.5 discard is not supported for non power of 2 values.
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.TP
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.BR \-C ", " \-\-contiguous " {" \fIy | \fIn }
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Sets or resets the contiguous allocation policy for
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on a next free principle.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-discards " {" \fIignore | \fInopassdown | \fIpassdown }
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Set discards behavior for thin pool.
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Sets discards behavior for thin pool.
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Default is \fIpassdown\fP.
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.TP
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.BR \-i ", " \-\-stripes " " \fIStripes
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This is equal to the number of physical volumes to scatter
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the logical volume. When creating a RAID 4/5/6 logical volume,
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the extra devices which are necessary for parity are
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internally accounted for. Specifying '\-i 3' would use 3 devices
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for striped logical volumes, 4 devices for RAID 4/5, and 5 devices
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for RAID 6.
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internally accounted for. Specifying
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.BI \-i 3
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would use 3 devices for striped logical volumes,
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4 devices for RAID 4/5, and 5 devices for RAID 6.
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.TP
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.BR \-I ", " \-\-stripesize " " \fIStripeSize
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Gives the number of kilobytes for the granularity of the stripes.
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For metadata in LVM2 format, the stripe size may be a larger
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power of 2 but must not exceed the physical extent size.
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.TP
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.B \-\-ignoremonitoring
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Make no attempt to interact with dmeventd unless \fB\-\-monitor\fP
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is specified.
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.TP
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.IR \fB\-l ", " \fB\-\-extents " " LogicalExtentsNumber [ % { VG | PVS | FREE | ORIGIN }]
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Gives the number of logical extents to allocate for the new
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logical volume.
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.br
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Default unit is megabytes.
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.TP
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.B \-\-minor \fIminor
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Set the minor number.
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.TP
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.IR \fB\-M ", " \fB\-\-persistent " {" y | n }
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Set to y to make the minor number specified persistent.
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.TP
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.BR \-m ", " \-\-mirrors " " \fIMirrors
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Creates a mirrored logical volume with Mirrors copies. For example,
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specifying "-m 1" would result in a mirror with two-sides; that is, a
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linear volume plus one copy.
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Creates a mirrored logical volume with \fIMirrors\fP copies.
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For example, specifying
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.BI -m 1
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would result in a mirror with two-sides; that is,
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a linear volume plus one copy.
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Specifying the optional argument --nosync will cause the creation
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Specifying the optional argument \fB\-\-nosync\fP will cause the creation
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of the mirror to skip the initial resynchronization. Any data written
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afterwards will be mirrored, but the original contents will not be
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copied. This is useful for skipping a potentially long and resource
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intensive initial sync of an empty device.
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The optional argument --mirrorlog specifies the type of log to be used.
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The default is disk, which is persistent and requires
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The optional argument \fB\-\-mirrorlog\fP specifies the type of log to be used.
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The default is \fIdisk\fP, which is persistent and requires
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a small amount of storage space, usually on a separate device from the
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data being mirrored. Using core means the mirror is regenerated
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data being mirrored. Using \fIcore\fP means the mirror is regenerated
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by copying the data from the first device again each time the
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device is activated, for example, after every reboot. Using "mirrored"
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device is activated, for example, after every reboot. Using \fImirrored\fP
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will create a persistent log that is itself mirrored.
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The optional argument --corelog is equivalent to --mirrorlog core.
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The optional argument \fB\-\-corelog\fP is equivalent
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to \fB\-\-mirrorlog\fP \fIcore\fP.
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.TP
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.IR \fB\-M ", " \fB\-\-persistent " {" y | n }
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Set to \fIy\fP to make the minor number specified persistent.
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.TP
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.B \-\-minor \fIminor
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Sets the minor number.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-monitor " {" \fIy | \fIn }
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Starts or avoids monitoring a mirrored, snapshot or thin pool logical volume with
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dmeventd, if it is installed.
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If a device used by a monitored mirror reports an I/O error,
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the failure is handled according to
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.B activation/mirror_image_fault_policy
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and
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.B activation/mirror_log_fault_policy
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set in \fBlvm.conf\fP(5).
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.TP
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.IR \fB\-n ", " \fB\-\-name " " LogicalVolume { Name | Path }
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The name for the new logical volume.
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Sets the name for the new logical volume.
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.br
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Without this option a default names of "lvol#" will be generated where
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Without this option a default name of "lvol#" will be generated where
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# is the LVM internal number of the logical volume.
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.TP
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.B \-\-noudevsync
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Disable udev synchronisation. The
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Disables udev synchronisation. The
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process will not wait for notification from udev.
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It will continue irrespective of any possible udev processing
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in the background. You should only use this if udev is not running
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or has rules that ignore the devices LVM2 creates.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-monitor " {" \fIy | \fIn }
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Start or avoid monitoring a mirrored or snapshot logical volume with
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dmeventd, if it is installed.
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If a device used by a monitored mirror reports an I/O error,
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the failure is handled according to
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\fBmirror_image_fault_policy\fP and \fBmirror_log_fault_policy\fP
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set in \fBlvm.conf\fP.
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.TP
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.B \-\-ignoremonitoring
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Make no attempt to interact with dmeventd unless \-\-monitor
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is specified.
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.TP
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.BR \-p ", " \-\-permission " {" \fIr | \fIrw }
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Set access permissions to read only or read and write.
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Sets access permissions to read only (\fIr\fP) or read and write (\fIrw\fP).
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.br
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Default is read and write.
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.TP
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.IR \fB\-\-poolmetadatasize " " ThinPoolMetadataSize [ bBsSkKmMgG ]
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Set the size of thin pool's metadata logical volume.
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Supported value is in range between 2MiB and 16GiB.
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Sets the size of thin pool's metadata logical volume.
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Supported values are in range between 2MiB and 16GiB.
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Default value is (Pool_LV_size / Pool_LV_chunk_size * 64b).
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Default unit is megabytes.
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.TP
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.IR \fB\-r ", " \fB\-\-readahead " {" ReadAheadSectors | auto | none }
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Set read ahead sector count of this logical volume.
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Sets read ahead sector count of this logical volume.
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For volume groups with metadata in lvm1 format, this must
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be a value between 2 and 120.
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The default value is "auto" which allows the kernel to choose
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The default value is \fIauto\fP which allows the kernel to choose
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a suitable value automatically.
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"None" is equivalent to specifying zero.
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\fINone\fP is equivalent to specifying zero.
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.TP
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.BR \-R ", " \-\-regionsize " " \fIMirrorLogRegionSize
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A mirror is divided into regions of this size (in MB), and the mirror log
|
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A mirror is divided into regions of this size (in MiB), and the mirror log
|
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uses this granularity to track which regions are in sync.
|
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.TP
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.IR \fB\-s ", " \fB\-\-snapshot " " OriginalLogicalVolume { Name | Path }
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Create a snapshot logical volume (or snapshot) for an existing, so called
|
||||
Creates a snapshot logical volume (or snapshot) for an existing, so called
|
||||
original logical volume (or origin).
|
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Snapshots provide a 'frozen image' of the contents of the origin
|
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while the origin can still be updated. They enable consistent
|
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@ -274,13 +284,13 @@ In case the snapshot runs out of storage, use
|
||||
to grow it. Shrinking a snapshot is supported by
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.BR lvreduce (8)
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as well. Run
|
||||
.BR lvdisplay (8)
|
||||
.BR lvs (8)
|
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on the snapshot in order to check how much data is allocated to it.
|
||||
Note that a small amount of the space you allocate to the snapshot is
|
||||
Note: a small amount of the space you allocate to the snapshot is
|
||||
used to track the locations of the chunks of data, so you should
|
||||
allocate slightly more space than you actually need and monitor the
|
||||
rate at which the snapshot data is growing so you can avoid running out
|
||||
of space.
|
||||
allocate slightly more space than you actually need and monitor
|
||||
(\fB\-\-monitor\fP) the rate at which the snapshot data is growing
|
||||
so you can \fBavoid\fP running out of space.
|
||||
.TP
|
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.IR \fB\-T ", " \fB\-\-thin ", " \fB\-\-thinpool " " ThinPoolLogicalVolume { Name | Path }
|
||||
Creates thin pool or thin logical volume or both.
|
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@ -295,30 +305,44 @@ from kernel 3.2 or newer.
|
||||
.TP
|
||||
.B \-\-type \fISegmentType
|
||||
Create a logical volume that uses the specified segment type
|
||||
(e.g. "raid5", "mirror", "snapshot", "thin", "thin-pool").
|
||||
(e.g.
|
||||
.IR mirror ( \fB\-m ),
|
||||
.IR raid5 ,
|
||||
.IR snapshot ( \fB\-s ),
|
||||
.IR thin ( \fB\-T ),
|
||||
.IR thin-pool ,\ ...).
|
||||
Many segment types have a
|
||||
commandline switch alias that will enable their use
|
||||
(\fB\-s\fP is an alias for \fB\-\-type snapshot\fP).
|
||||
(\fB\-s\fP is an alias for
|
||||
.B \-\-type \fIsnapshot\fP).
|
||||
However, this argument must be used when no existing
|
||||
commandline switch alias is available for the desired type,
|
||||
as is the case with
|
||||
.IR error ", " zero ", " raid1 ", " raid10 ", " raid4 ", " raid5 " or " raid6 .
|
||||
.IR error ,
|
||||
.IR raid1 ,
|
||||
.IR raid4 ,
|
||||
.IR raid5 ,
|
||||
.IR raid6 ,
|
||||
.IR raid10
|
||||
or
|
||||
.IR zero .
|
||||
.TP
|
||||
.BR \-V ", " \-\-virtualsize " " \fIVirtualSize [ \fIbBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE ]
|
||||
Create a sparse device of the given size (in MB by default) using a snapshot
|
||||
Creates a sparse device of the given size (in MiB by default) using a snapshot
|
||||
or thinly provisioned device when thin pool is specified.
|
||||
Anything written to the device will be returned when reading from it.
|
||||
Reading from other areas of the device will return blocks of zeros.
|
||||
Virtual snapshot is implemented by creating a hidden virtual device of the
|
||||
requested size using the zero target. A suffix of _vorigin is used for
|
||||
this device.
|
||||
this device. Note: using sparse snapshots is not efficient for larger
|
||||
device sizes (GiB), thin provisioning should be used for this case.
|
||||
.TP
|
||||
.BR \-Z ", " \-\-zero " {" \fIy | \fIn }
|
||||
Controls zeroing of the first KB of data in the new logical volume.
|
||||
Controls zeroing of the first KiB of data in the new logical volume.
|
||||
.br
|
||||
Default is yes.
|
||||
Default is \fIy\fPes.
|
||||
.br
|
||||
Volume will not be zeroed if read only flag is set.
|
||||
Volume will not be zeroed if the read only flag is set.
|
||||
.br
|
||||
Snapshot volumes are zeroed always.
|
||||
|
||||
@ -326,15 +350,16 @@ Snapshot volumes are zeroed always.
|
||||
Warning: trying to mount an unzeroed logical volume can cause the system to
|
||||
hang.
|
||||
.SH Examples
|
||||
Creates a striped logical volume with 3 stripes, a stripesize of 8KB
|
||||
and a size of 100MB in the volume group named vg00.
|
||||
Creates a striped logical volume with 3 stripes, a stripe size of 8KiB
|
||||
and a size of 100MiB in the volume group named vg00.
|
||||
The logical volume name will be chosen by lvcreate:
|
||||
.sp
|
||||
.B lvcreate \-i 3 \-I 8 \-L 100M vg00
|
||||
|
||||
Creates a mirror logical volume with 2 sides with a useable size of 500 MiB.
|
||||
This operation would require 3 devices (or option --alloc anywhere) - two
|
||||
for the mirror devices and one for the disk log:
|
||||
This operation would require 3 devices (or option
|
||||
.BI \-\-alloc \ anywhere
|
||||
) - two for the mirror devices and one for the disk log:
|
||||
.sp
|
||||
.B lvcreate \-m1 \-L 500M vg00
|
||||
|
||||
@ -368,10 +393,11 @@ a parity drive for a total of 4 devices) and a stripesize of 64KiB:
|
||||
.B lvcreate \-\-type raid5 \-L 5G \-i 3 \-I 64 \-n my_lv vg00
|
||||
|
||||
Creates a 5GiB RAID10 logical volume "vg00/my_lv", with 2 stripes on
|
||||
2 2-way mirrors. Note that the '-i' and '-m' arguments behave differently.
|
||||
The '-i' specifies the number of stripes. The '-m' specifies the number of
|
||||
.B additional
|
||||
copies.
|
||||
2 2-way mirrors. Note that the \fB-i\fP and \fB-m\fP arguments behave differently.
|
||||
The \fB-i\fP specifies the number of stripes.
|
||||
The \fB-m\fP specifies the number of
|
||||
.B additional
|
||||
copies:
|
||||
.sp
|
||||
.B lvcreate \-\-type raid10 \-L 5G \-i 2 \-m 1 \-n my_lv vg00
|
||||
|
||||
@ -383,11 +409,12 @@ build with 2 stripes 64KiB and chunk size 256KiB together with
|
||||
|
||||
.SH SEE ALSO
|
||||
.BR lvm (8),
|
||||
.BR vgcreate (8),
|
||||
.BR lvm.conf (5),
|
||||
.BR lvchange (8),
|
||||
.BR lvremove (8),
|
||||
.BR lvrename (8)
|
||||
.BR lvextend (8),
|
||||
.BR lvreduce (8),
|
||||
.BR lvdisplay (8),
|
||||
.BR lvscan (8)
|
||||
.BR lvremove (8),
|
||||
.BR lvrename (8)
|
||||
.BR lvs (8),
|
||||
.BR lvscan (8),
|
||||
.BR vgcreate (8)
|
||||
|
||||
26
man/lvm.8.in
26
man/lvm.8.in
@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ that command.
|
||||
On invocation, \fBlvm\fP requires that only the standard file descriptors
|
||||
stdin, stdout and stderr are available. If others are found, they
|
||||
get closed and messages are issued warning about the leak.
|
||||
This warning can be suppressed by setting enviromental variable
|
||||
.B LVM_SUPPRESS_FD_WARNINGS\fP.
|
||||
.LP
|
||||
Where commands take VG or LV names as arguments, the full path name is
|
||||
optional. An LV called "lvol0" in a VG called "vg0" can be specified
|
||||
@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ The following options are available for many of the commands.
|
||||
They are implemented generically and documented here rather
|
||||
than repeated on individual manual pages.
|
||||
.TP
|
||||
.BR \-h ", " \-\-help
|
||||
.BR \-h ", " \-? ", " \-\-help
|
||||
Display the help text.
|
||||
.TP
|
||||
.B \-\-version
|
||||
@ -235,15 +237,9 @@ and as of version 2.02.78 the following characters are also accepted:
|
||||
Delete the tag \fITag\fP from a PV, VG or LV, if it's present.
|
||||
Supply this argument multiple times to remove more than one tag at once.
|
||||
.TP
|
||||
.B \-\-alloc \fIAllocationPolicy
|
||||
The allocation policy to use:
|
||||
.IR contiguous ,
|
||||
.IR cling ,
|
||||
.IR normal ,
|
||||
.IR anywhere " or"
|
||||
.IR inherit .
|
||||
When a command needs to allocate Physical Extents from the Volume Group,
|
||||
the allocation policy controls how they are chosen.
|
||||
.IR \fB\-\-alloc \ { anywhere | contiguous | cling | inherit | normal }
|
||||
Selects the allocation policy when a command needs to allocate
|
||||
Physical Extents from the Volume Group.
|
||||
Each Volume Group and Logical Volume has an allocation policy defined.
|
||||
The default for a Volume Group is \fInormal\fP which applies
|
||||
common-sense rules such as not placing parallel stripes on the same
|
||||
@ -269,6 +265,10 @@ shell is invoked.
|
||||
Directory containing \fBlvm.conf\fP(5) and other LVM system files.
|
||||
Defaults to "#DEFAULT_SYS_DIR#".
|
||||
.TP
|
||||
.B LVM_SUPPRESS_FD_WARNINGS
|
||||
Suppress warnings about openned file descriptors, when lvm command
|
||||
is executed.
|
||||
.TP
|
||||
.B LVM_VG_NAME
|
||||
The Volume Group name that is assumed for
|
||||
any reference to a Logical Volume that doesn't specify a path.
|
||||
@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ restrictions described above applied to each step leave the tools no
|
||||
discretion over the layout.
|
||||
|
||||
To view the way the allocation process currently works in any specific
|
||||
case, read the debug logging output, for example by adding \-vvvv to
|
||||
case, read the debug logging output, for example by adding \fB\-vvvv\fP to
|
||||
a command.
|
||||
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
|
||||
All tools return a status code of zero on success or non-zero on failure.
|
||||
@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ All tools return a status code of zero on success or non-zero on failure.
|
||||
.br
|
||||
.I $HOME/.lvm_history
|
||||
.SH SEE ALSO
|
||||
.BR lvm.conf (5),
|
||||
.BR clvmd (8),
|
||||
.BR lvchange (8),
|
||||
.BR lvcreate (8),
|
||||
@ -398,5 +399,4 @@ All tools return a status code of zero on success or non-zero on failure.
|
||||
.BR vgs (8),
|
||||
.BR vgscan (8),
|
||||
.BR vgsplit (8),
|
||||
.BR readline (3),
|
||||
.BR lvm.conf (5)
|
||||
.BR readline (3)
|
||||
|
||||
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