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Peter Rajnoha
14d0a9eef6
report: support printing full column names in report headings
Reuse existing report/headings config setting to make it possible to
change the type of headings to display:
  0 - no headings
  1 - column name abbreviations (default and original functionality)
  2 - full column names (column names are equal to exact names that
      -o|--options also accepts to set report output)

Also, add '--headings none|abbrev|full|0|1|2' command line option
so we are able to select the heading type for each LVM reporting
command directly.
2023-08-28 15:44:57 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
728617d25d gcc: cleanup warnings
Correcting signess comparation.
Also use standalone /* fall through */ comment as that's
the only one supported by gcc to quiet warning.
2023-08-16 15:13:25 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
81ef1fd0cc debug: print WARNING:
Add WARNING: in front of log_warn() messages.
2023-07-15 11:05:35 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
39457234db lvconvert: support conversion to thin volume
Update pool conversion function to handle also conversion of
thick LV to thin LV by moving thick LV into thin pool data LV
and creating fully provissioned thin LV on top of this volume.

Reworking existing conversion to use insert_layer_for_lv co
the uuid is now kept with thin-pool - this should however not
really matter as we are doing full deactivation & activation cycle.

With conversion to thin LV user can use same set of arguments
to set chunk-size.

TODO: add some smart code to decide best values for chunks sizes.
2023-07-10 17:13:32 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
3b4e7d1625
toollib: provide proper hint for referencing VG uuid in case of duplicate VG names
vgrename does not support -S|--select, so do not provide a hint about
using it. Instead, provide a hint about using VG uuid directly.

❯  vgs
  WARNING: VG name vg1 is used by VGs DXjcSK-gWfu-5gLh-9Kbg-sG49-dtRr-GqXzGL and MVMfyM-sjOa-M2xV-AT4Y-JddR-h4SP-UO5Ttk.
  Fix duplicate VG names with vgrename uuid, a device filter, or system IDs.
  VG     #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize   VFree
  vg1      1   0   0 wz--n- 124.00m 124.00m
  vg1      1   0   0 wz--n- 124.00m 124.00m

(vgrename does not support -S|--select)
❯  vgrename vg1 vg2
  WARNING: VG name vg1 is used by VGs DXjcSK-gWfu-5gLh-9Kbg-sG49-dtRr-GqXzGL and MVMfyM-sjOa-M2xV-AT4Y-JddR-h4SP-UO5Ttk.
  Fix duplicate VG names with vgrename uuid, a device filter, or system IDs.
  Multiple VGs found with the same name: skipping vg1
  Use VG uuid in place of the VG name.

(vgchange does support -S|--select)
❯  vgchange --addtag a vg1
  WARNING: VG name vg1 is used by VGs DXjcSK-gWfu-5gLh-9Kbg-sG49-dtRr-GqXzGL and MVMfyM-sjOa-M2xV-AT4Y-JddR-h4SP-UO5Ttk.
  Fix duplicate VG names with vgrename uuid, a device filter, or system IDs.
  Multiple VGs found with the same name: skipping vg1
  Use --select vg_uuid=<uuid> in place of the VG name.
2023-05-16 17:17:55 +02:00
David Teigland
18722dfdf4 lvresize: restructure code
Rewrite top level resize function to prepare for adding
new fs resizing.
2022-09-09 16:18:55 -05:00
Peter Rajnoha
e6b6a09f90 args: add ARG_NONINTERACTIVE for cmds not supported in lvm shell
Certain args can't be used in lvm shell ("interactive mode") because
they are not supported there. Add ARG_NONINTERACTIVE flag to mark
such args and error out if we're in interactive mode and at the same
time we detect use of such argument.

Currently, this is the case for --reportformat arg - we don't support
changing the format per command in lvm shell. The whole shell is running
under a reportformat chosen at shell's start.
2022-08-26 12:17:50 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
aa7cec61ed args: recognize 'json_std' for --reportformat cmd line arg 2022-08-11 11:10:11 +02:00
David Teigland
9dfa6f3879 devices file: move clean up after command is run
devices_file_exit wasn't being called between lvm_shell
commands, so the file lock wouldn't be released.
2022-05-27 12:38:43 -05:00
David Teigland
f1578b4a5d Move nolocking warning to man page
It's more logical to warn about --nolocking in the man page
before it's used rather than after it's used and too late.
Also, warnings are usually for things the user may not know.
2022-03-25 15:43:53 -05:00
Zdenek Kabelac
5a78979b68 lvmcmdline: comment reset of configuration settings
We used to reset 'settings' to their defaults after command is finished.
This however has a drawback we lose all the logging after this point.

So this patch disables this 'reset' to observe for side-effects.

lvm shell should be getting reset when next command is run -
so this might or might not have some 'hidden' effects.

ATM it looks like nothing really bad should happen - we just should be
able to get more logs - at least from normal commands.
2021-12-20 16:13:28 +01:00
David Teigland
b8f4ec846d display: ignore --reportformat
Using the option would do nothing useful but would
print extraneous braces.
2021-11-17 10:40:27 -06:00
David Teigland
62533ae3fa vgchange -aay: optimize device list using pvs_online files
Port another optimization from pvscan -aay to vgchange -aay:
  "pvscan: only add device args to dev cache"

This optimization avoids doing a full dev_cache_scan, and
instead populates dev-cache with only the devices in the
VG being activated.

This involves shifting the use of pvs_online files from
the hints interface up to the higher level label_scan
interface.  This specialized label_scan is structured
around creating a list of devices from the pvs_online
files.  Previously, a list of all devices was created
first, and then reduced based on the pvs_online files.
The initial step of listing all devices was slow when
thousands of devices are present on the system.

This optimization extends the previous optimization that
used pvs_online files to limit the devices that were
actually scanned (i.e. reading to identify the device):
  "vgchange -aay: optimize device scan using pvs_online files"
2021-11-05 12:19:35 -05:00
David Teigland
f40fd88374 move code from pvscan.c to online.c
related to managing files in /run/lvm/pvs_online
and /run/lvm/vgs_online
2021-11-04 11:09:29 -05:00
David Teigland
726dd25969 add hints interface to the pvs_online file information
The information in /run/lvm/pvs_online/<pvid> files can
be used to build a list of devices for a given VG.

The pvscan -aay command has long used this information to
activate a VG while scanning only devices in that VG, which
is an important optimization for autoactivation.

This patch implements the same thing through the existing
device hints interface, so that the optimization can be
applied elsewhere.  A future patch will take advantage of
this optimization in vgchange -aay, which is now used in
place of pvscan -aay for event activation.
2021-11-04 10:58:16 -05:00
David Teigland
bbf8e7db74 logging: to the systemd journal
Configure via lvm.conf log/journal or command line --journal.

Possible values:
"command" records command information.
"output" records default command output.
"debug" records full command debugging.

Multiple values can be set in lvm.conf as an array.
One value can be set in --journal which is added to
values set in lvm.conf
2021-10-07 12:06:49 -05:00
David Teigland
0b6782fa01 pvscan: add options listlvs listvg checkcomplete
pvscan --cache <dev>
    . read only dev
    . create online file for dev

pvscan --listvg <dev>
    . read only dev
    . list VG using dev

pvscan --listlvs <dev>
    . read only dev
    . list VG using dev
    . list LVs using dev

pvscan --cache --listvg [--checkcomplete] <dev>
    . read only dev
    . create online file for dev
    . list VG using dev
    . [check online files and report if VG is complete]

pvscan --cache --listlvs [--checkcomplete] <dev>
    . read only dev
    . create online file for dev
    . list VG using dev
    . list LVs using dev
    . [check online files and report if VG is complete]
    . [check online files and report if LVs are complete]

[--vgonline]
can be used with --checkcomplete, to enable use of a vg online
file.  This results in only the first pvscan command to see
the complete VG to report 'VG complete', and others will report
'VG finished'.  This allows the caller to easily run a single
activation of the VG.

[--udevoutput]
can be used with --cache --listvg --checkcomplete, to enable
an output mode that prints LVM_VG_NAME_COMPLETE='vgname' that
a udev rule can import, and prevents other output from the
command (other output causes udev to ignore the command.)

The list of complete LVs is meant to be passed to lvchange -aay,
or the complete VG used with vgchange -aay.

When --checkcomplete is used, lvm assumes that that the output
will be used to trigger event-based autoactivation, so the pvscan
does nothing if event_activation=0 and --checkcomplete is used.

Example of listlvs
------------------

$ lvs -a vg -olvname,devices
  LV     Devices
  lv_a   /dev/loop0(0)
  lv_ab  /dev/loop0(1),/dev/loop1(1)
  lv_abc /dev/loop0(3),/dev/loop1(3),/dev/loop2(1)
  lv_b   /dev/loop1(0)
  lv_c   /dev/loop2(0)

$ pvscan --cache --listlvs --checkcomplete /dev/loop0
  pvscan[35680] PV /dev/loop0 online, VG vg incomplete (need 2).
  VG vg incomplete
  LV vg/lv_a complete
  LV vg/lv_ab incomplete
  LV vg/lv_abc incomplete

$ pvscan --cache --listlvs --checkcomplete /dev/loop1
  pvscan[35681] PV /dev/loop1 online, VG vg incomplete (need 1).
  VG vg incomplete
  LV vg/lv_b complete
  LV vg/lv_ab complete
  LV vg/lv_abc incomplete

$ pvscan --cache --listlvs --checkcomplete /dev/loop2
  pvscan[35682] PV /dev/loop2 online, VG vg is complete.
  VG vg complete
  LV vg/lv_c complete
  LV vg/lv_abc complete

Example of listvg
-----------------

$ pvscan --cache --listvg --checkcomplete /dev/loop0
  pvscan[35684] PV /dev/loop0 online, VG vg incomplete (need 2).
  VG vg incomplete

$ pvscan --cache --listvg --checkcomplete /dev/loop1
  pvscan[35685] PV /dev/loop1 online, VG vg incomplete (need 1).
  VG vg incomplete

$ pvscan --cache --listvg --checkcomplete /dev/loop2
  pvscan[35686] PV /dev/loop2 online, VG vg is complete.
  VG vg complete
2021-10-07 12:06:49 -05:00
Zdenek Kabelac
3a3aabb832 metadata: avoid excessive check of /etc/localtime
With larger metadata, decoding 'localtime()' for hinting time creation
of every LV may cause excessive check of /etc/localtime file.
Set TZ to ":/etc/localtime" so glibc reads this file just once
instead of check everytime if there has anything changed.
2021-09-27 18:56:13 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
548c69f581 cov: hide reports from optarg being NULL
It's basically irrelavant which value we assing to optarg,
since it's set by getopt() function, but Coverity tool
is incorrectly reporting possibly dereference of NULL.
2021-09-20 14:26:09 +02:00
David Teigland
9857b5a3dc add --nohints option
The command will not use the hints file to locate devices for PVs.
It will still do standard hint file invalidation where appropriate.
2021-09-13 10:55:07 -05:00
Zdenek Kabelac
3b2a4e3e6f cov: make it aware we need these headers for muslC 2021-09-13 12:34:41 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
a7258ae394 cov: do not try to change passed in argv
It's not a good idea to change passed 'argv[]' and replace it with
pointers to local stack - although in this case we are not using
this argv[] after return from this function.
2021-09-13 12:34:41 +02:00
David Teigland
8b72313936 devices file: recognize old locking_type 0
if the old locking_type is 0, set cmd->nolocking so that
it will be applied to the devices file lock.
2021-08-20 14:51:13 -05:00
David Teigland
6cd4470e6d devices: apply ignorelockingfailure to devices file lock 2021-08-20 14:07:00 -05:00
David Teigland
b0bda7c25b lvmdevices: check yes option for adding duplicate 2021-08-19 13:00:43 -05:00
David Teigland
d3d6a0e820 devices file: limit warnings about devices file entries not found
All commands were printing a warning if a devices file
entry was not found.  Limit this to commands that report/display
lvm state.
2021-08-05 13:20:26 -05:00
David Teigland
9048565093 devices: rework libudev usage
related to config settings:
  obtain_device_info_from_udev (controls if lvm gets
    a list of devices from readdir /dev or from libudev)
  external_device_info_source (controls if lvm asks
    libudev for device information)

. Make the obtain_device_list_from_udev setting
  affect only the choice of readdir /dev vs libudev.
  The setting no longer controls if udev is used for
  device type checks.

. Change obtain_device_list_from_udev default to 0.
  This helps avoid boot timeouts due to slow libudev
  queries, avoids reported failures from
  udev_enumerate_scan_devices, and avoids delays from
  "device not initialized in udev database" errors.
  Even without errors, for a system booting with 1024 PVs,
  lvm2-pvscan times improve from about 100 sec to 15 sec,
  and the pvscan command from about 64 sec to about 4 sec.

. For external_device_info_source="none", remove all
  libudev device info queries, and use only lvm
  native device info.

. For external_device_info_source="udev", first check
  lvm native device info, then check libudev info.

. Remove sleep/retry loop when attempting libudev
  queries for device info.  udev info will simply
  be skipped if it's not immediately available.

. Only set up a libdev connection if it will be used by
  obtain_device_list_from_udev/external_device_info_source.

. For native multipath component detection, use
  /etc/multipath/wwids.  If a device has a wwid
  matching an entry in the wwids file, then it's
  considered a multipath component.  This is
  necessary to natively detect multipath
  components when the mpath device is not set up.
2021-07-13 11:11:23 -05:00
David Teigland
66daedc6d2 skip indexing devices used by LVs in more commands
expands commit d5a06f9a7d
  "pvscan: skip indexing devices used by LVs"

The dev cache index is expensive and slow, so limit it
to commands that are used to observe the state of lvm.
The index is only used to print warnings about incorrect
device use by active LVs, e.g. if an LV is using a
multipath component device instead of the multipath
device.  Commands that continue to use the index and
print the warnings:

  fullreport, lvmdiskscan, vgs, lvs, pvs,
  vgdisplay, lvdisplay, pvdisplay,
  vgscan, lvscan, pvscan (excluding --cache)

A couple other commands were borrowing the DEV_USED_FOR_LV
flag to just check if a device was actively in use by LVs.
These are converted to the new dev_is_used_by_active_lv().
2021-07-09 13:59:31 -05:00
David Teigland
d651b340e6 commands: use AUTOTYPE in definitions
If a cmd def implies an LV type without --type
in the required options, then include the implied
type in the cmd def as AUTOTYPE: <type>
instead of including the redundant --type foo
in the OO list of options.

Including an implied --type in the OO list would
often cause multiple cmd defs to potentially be
identical when options were used, and a user
command could match more than one cmd def.

The AUTOTYPE values are listed in man page and
help output as
 [ --type foo (implied) ]

If a user command includes --type, it will usually
match a cmd def with --type in the required options.
But, if the user command matches a cmd def with
AUTOTYPE, then the specifed --type and AUTOTYPE must
match.

The man-generator program has a new --check
option that compares cmd defs to find any cmd defs
that are equivalent with the use of options,
and should have their options adjusted.
2021-04-21 08:41:37 -05:00
David Teigland
12949ea886 hints: don't use hints when --sysinit is used
Devices are not in a steady state during system init,
so hints are repeatedly invalidated, and hardly used,
so maintaining them is wasted effort.
2021-04-01 14:37:24 -05:00
Zdenek Kabelac
7342ab06fc debug: change sys_error to sys_debug
These messages do not cause command error - so changing logging level
to just 'sys_debug' (so visible only with -vvvv)
2021-03-10 01:11:52 +01:00
Zdenek Kabelac
081e47912e cmdline: use binary search
Reduce strcmp() call count by using binary search to find
commands in cmd_names[] and command_names[] arrays.
2021-03-02 22:54:40 +01:00
Zdenek Kabelac
589c654562 cmdline: drop MAX and check NULL
Remove MAX_COMMAND_NAMES and check for the last element as NULL pointer.
2021-03-02 22:54:40 +01:00
Zdenek Kabelac
e946a5e690 cmdline: lvcreate adds vdopool as vg name provider
Add same logic as with thinpool or cachepool.
2021-03-02 22:54:40 +01:00
David Teigland
83fe6e720f device usage based on devices file
The LVM devices file lists devices that lvm can use.  The default
file is /etc/lvm/devices/system.devices, and the lvmdevices(8)
command is used to add or remove device entries.  If the file
does not exist, or if lvm.conf includes use_devicesfile=0, then
lvm will not use a devices file.  When the devices file is in use,
the regex filter is not used, and the filter settings in lvm.conf
or on the command line are ignored.

LVM records devices in the devices file using hardware-specific
IDs, such as the WWID, and attempts to use subsystem-specific
IDs for virtual device types.  These device IDs are also written
in the VG metadata.  When no hardware or virtual ID is available,
lvm falls back using the unstable device name as the device ID.
When devnames are used, lvm performs extra scanning to find
devices if their devname changes, e.g. after reboot.

When proper device IDs are used, an lvm command will not look
at devices outside the devices file, but when devnames are used
as a fallback, lvm will scan devices outside the devices file
to locate PVs on renamed devices.  A config setting
search_for_devnames can be used to control the scanning for
renamed devname entries.

Related to the devices file, the new command option
--devices <devnames> allows a list of devices to be specified for
the command to use, overriding the devices file.  The listed
devices act as a sort of devices file in terms of limiting which
devices lvm will see and use.  Devices that are not listed will
appear to be missing to the lvm command.

Multiple devices files can be kept in /etc/lvm/devices, which
allows lvm to be used with different sets of devices, e.g.
system devices do not need to be exposed to a specific application,
and the application can use lvm on its own set of devices that are
not exposed to the system.  The option --devicesfile <filename> is
used to select the devices file to use with the command.  Without
the option set, the default system devices file is used.

Setting --devicesfile "" causes lvm to not use a devices file.

An existing, empty devices file means lvm will see no devices.

The new command vgimportdevices adds PVs from a VG to the devices
file and updates the VG metadata to include the device IDs.
vgimportdevices -a will import all VGs into the system devices file.

LVM commands run by dmeventd not use a devices file by default,
and will look at all devices on the system.  A devices file can
be created for dmeventd (/etc/lvm/devices/dmeventd.devices)  If
this file exists, lvm commands run by dmeventd will use it.

Internal implementaion:

- device_ids_read - read the devices file
  . add struct dev_use (du) to cmd->use_devices for each devices file entry
- dev_cache_scan - get /dev entries
  . add struct device (dev) to dev_cache for each device on the system
- device_ids_match - match devices file entries to /dev entries
  . match each du on cmd->use_devices to a dev in dev_cache, using device ID
  . on match, set du->dev, dev->id, dev->flags MATCHED_USE_ID
- label_scan - read lvm headers and metadata from devices
  . filters are applied, those that do not need data from the device
  . filter-deviceid skips devs without MATCHED_USE_ID, i.e.
    skips /dev entries that are not listed in the devices file
  . read lvm label from dev
  . filters are applied, those that use data from the device
  . read lvm metadata from dev
  . add info/vginfo structs for PVs/VGs (info is "lvmcache")
- device_ids_find_renamed_devs - handle devices with unstable devname ID
  where devname changed
  . this step only needed when devs do not have proper device IDs,
    and their dev names change, e.g. after reboot sdb becomes sdc.
  . detect incorrect match because PVID in the devices file entry
    does not match the PVID found when the device was read above
  . undo incorrect match between du and dev above
  . search system devices for new location of PVID
  . update devices file with new devnames for PVIDs on renamed devices
  . label_scan the renamed devs
- continue with command processing
2021-02-23 16:43:32 -06:00
Zdenek Kabelac
a915cd5a46 lvconvert: vdo may convert already formated vdo
User use 'lvconvert -Zn --type vdo-pool' to convert an existing
vdo formated volume and skip lvm2 internal formating.
This however requires user is passing proper matching parameters.
For them user can use --profile|--metadataprofile option whos
support has been also enhanced.

TODO: add support to read values directly from formated volume.
2021-02-17 11:21:35 +01:00
David Teigland
4486f08d51 include lvm version in debug output 2021-02-12 10:51:41 -06:00
David Teigland
834cba000a hints: clean up comment and init settings
no behavior change
2021-02-02 15:14:05 -06:00
David Teigland
2c31939827 pvcreate: clean up opening and filtering of args
The args for pvcreate/pvremove (and vgcreate/vgextend
when applicable) were not efficiently opened, scanned,
and filtered.  This change reorganizes the opening
and filtering in the following steps:

- label scan and filter all devs
  . open ro
  . standard label scan at the start of command

- label scan and filter dev args
  . open ro
  . uses full md component check
  . typically the first scan and filter of pvcreate devs

- close and reopen dev args
  . open rw and excl

- repeat label scan and filter dev args
  . using reopened rw excl fd

- wipe and write new headers
  . using reopened rw excl fd
2020-10-26 11:13:27 -05:00
Zdenek Kabelac
bd272e3bce lvmcmdlib: lvm2_init_threaded
cmd context has 'threaded' value that used be set
by clvmd - and allowed proper memory locking management.
Reuse same bit for dmeventd.

Since dmeventd is using 300KiB stack per thread,
we will ignore any user settings for allocation/reserved_stack
until some better solution is find.
This avoids crashing of dmevend when user changes this value
and because in most cases lvm2 should work ok with 64K stack
size, this change should not cause any problems.
2020-10-20 22:22:52 +02:00
Bastian Germann
168e2ffbcd lvm: add readline alternative editline
LVM2 is distributed under GPLv2 only. The readline library changed its
license long ago to GPLv3. Given that those licenses are incompatible
and you follow the FSF in their interpretation that dynamically linking
creates a derivative work, distributing LVM2 linked against a current
readline version might be legally problematic.

Add support for the BSD licensed editline library as an alternative for
readline.

Link: https://thrysoee.dk/editline
2020-09-29 10:13:24 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
c285bf2f37 headers: remove unused headers 2020-09-14 00:15:14 +02:00
David Teigland
2aed2a41f7 lvcreate: new cache or writecache lv with single command
To create a new cache or writecache LV with a single command:

lvcreate --type cache|writecache
    -n Name -L Size --cachedevice PVfast VG [PVslow ...]

- A new main linear|striped LV is created as usual, using the
  specified -n Name and -L Size, and using the optionally
  specified PVslow devices.
- Then, a new cachevol LV is created internally, using PVfast
  specified by the cachedevice option.
- Then, the cachevol is attached to the main LV, converting the
  main LV to type cache|writecache.

Include --cachesize Size to specify the size of cache|writecache
to create from the specified --cachedevice PVs, otherwise the
entire cachedevice PV is used.  The --cachedevice option can be
repeated to create the cache from multiple devices, or the
cachedevice option can contain a tag name specifying a set of PVs
to allocate the cache from.

To create a new cache or writecache LV with a single command
using an existing cachevol LV:

lvcreate --type cache|writecache
    -n Name -L Size --cachevol LVfast VG [PVslow ...]

- A new main linear|striped LV is created as usual, using the
  specified -n Name and -L Size, and using the optionally
  specified PVslow devices.
- Then, the cachevol LVfast is attached to the main LV, converting
  the main LV to type cache|writecache.

In cases where more advanced types (for the main LV or cachevol LV)
are needed, they should be created independently and then combined
with lvconvert.

Example
-------

user creates a new VG with one slow device and one fast device:

$ vgcreate vg /dev/slow1 /dev/fast1

user creates a new 8G main LV on /dev/slow1 that uses all of
/dev/fast1 as a writecache:

$ lvcreate --type writecache --cachedevice /dev/fast1
    -n main -L 8G vg /dev/slow1

Example
-------

user creates a new VG with two slow devs and two fast devs:

$ vgcreate vg /dev/slow1 /dev/slow2 /dev/fast1 /dev/fast2

user creates a new 8G main LV on /dev/slow1 and /dev/slow2
that uses all of /dev/fast1 and /dev/fast2 as a writecache:

$ lvcreate --type writecache --cachedevice /dev/fast1 --cachedevice /dev/fast2
    -n main -L 8G vg /dev/slow1 /dev/slow2

Example
-------

A user has several slow devices and several fast devices in their VG,
the slow devs have tag @slow, the fast devs have tag @fast.

user creates a new 8G main LV on the slow devs with a
2G writecache on the fast devs:

$ lvcreate --type writecache -n main -L 8G
    --cachedevice @fast --cachesize 2G vg @slow
2020-06-16 13:46:51 -05:00
David Teigland
21b37964eb lvconvert: single step cachevol creation and attachment
To add a cache or writecache to a main LV with a single command:

lvconvert --type cache|writecache --cachedevice /dev/ssd vg/main

A cachevol LV will be allocated from the specified cache device,
then attached to the main LV.  Include --cachesize to specify the
size of cachevol to create, otherwise the entire cachedevice is
used.  The cachedevice option can be repeated to create a cachevol
from multiple devices.

Example
-------

A user has an existing main LV that they want to speed up
using a new ssd.

user adds the new ssd to the VG:

$ vgextend vg /dev/ssd

user attaches the new ssd their main LV:

$ lvconvert --type writecache --cachedevice /dev/ssd vg/main

Example
-------

A user has two existing main LVs that they want to speed up
with a new ssd.

user adds the new 16G ssd to the VG:

$ vgextend vg /dev/ssd

user attaches some of the new ssd to the first main LV,
using half of the space:

$ lvconvert --type writecache --cachedevice /dev/ssd
    --cachesize 8G vg/main1

user attaches some of the new ssd to the second main LV,
using the other half of the space:

$ lvconvert --type writecache --cachedevice /dev/ssd
    --cachesize 8G vg/main2

Example
-------

A user has an existing main LV that they want to speed up using
two new ssds.

user adds the new two ssds the VG:

$ vgextend vg /dev/ssd1
$ vgextend vg /dev/ssd2

user attaches both ssds their main LV:

$ lvconvert --type writecache
    --cachedevice /dev/ssd1 --cachedevice /dev/ssd2 vg/main
2020-06-16 13:46:51 -05:00
David Teigland
d14a8040d4 Revert "pvck: dump headers_only to skip metadata text"
This reverts commit 5410dd5441.

Accidental push.
2020-05-29 13:26:43 -05:00
David Teigland
5410dd5441 pvck: dump headers_only to skip metadata text
pvck --dump headers reads the metadata text area
to compute the text metadata checksum to compare
with the mda_header checksum.
The new header_only will skip reading the metadata
text and not validate the mda_header checksum.
2020-05-28 15:51:59 -05:00
David Teigland
d9e8895a96 Allow dm-integrity to be used for raid images
dm-integrity stores checksums of the data written to an
LV, and returns an error if data read from the LV does
not match the previously saved checksum.  When used on
raid images, dm-raid will correct the error by reading
the block from another image, and the device user sees
no error.  The integrity metadata (checksums) are stored
on an internal LV allocated by lvm for each linear image.
The internal LV is allocated on the same PV as the image.

Create a raid LV with an integrity layer over each
raid image (for raid levels 1,4,5,6,10):

lvcreate --type raidN --raidintegrity y [options]

Add an integrity layer to images of an existing raid LV:

lvconvert --raidintegrity y LV

Remove the integrity layer from images of a raid LV:

lvconvert --raidintegrity n LV

Settings

Use --raidintegritymode journal|bitmap (journal is default)
to configure the method used by dm-integrity to ensure
crash consistency.

Initialization

When integrity is added to an LV, the kernel needs to
initialize the integrity metadata/checksums for all blocks
in the LV.  The data corruption checking performed by
dm-integrity will only operate on areas of the LV that
are already initialized.  The progress of integrity
initialization is reported by the "syncpercent" LV
reporting field (and under the Cpy%Sync lvs column.)

Example: create a raid1 LV with integrity:

$ lvcreate --type raid1 -m1 --raidintegrity y -n rr -L1G foo
  Creating integrity metadata LV rr_rimage_0_imeta with size 12.00 MiB.
  Logical volume "rr_rimage_0_imeta" created.
  Creating integrity metadata LV rr_rimage_1_imeta with size 12.00 MiB.
  Logical volume "rr_rimage_1_imeta" created.
  Logical volume "rr" created.
$ lvs -a foo
  LV                  VG  Attr       LSize  Origin              Cpy%Sync
  rr                  foo rwi-a-r---  1.00g                     4.93
  [rr_rimage_0]       foo gwi-aor---  1.00g [rr_rimage_0_iorig] 41.02
  [rr_rimage_0_imeta] foo ewi-ao---- 12.00m
  [rr_rimage_0_iorig] foo -wi-ao----  1.00g
  [rr_rimage_1]       foo gwi-aor---  1.00g [rr_rimage_1_iorig] 39.45
  [rr_rimage_1_imeta] foo ewi-ao---- 12.00m
  [rr_rimage_1_iorig] foo -wi-ao----  1.00g
  [rr_rmeta_0]        foo ewi-aor---  4.00m
  [rr_rmeta_1]        foo ewi-aor---  4.00m
2020-04-15 12:10:32 -05:00
David Teigland
2da6f01c15 pvck: show specific dump option values 2019-12-10 11:07:07 -06:00
David Teigland
3145a85583 pvck: repair headers and metadata
To write a new/repaired pv_header and label_header:

  pvck --repairtype pv_header --file <file> <device>

This uses the metadata input file to find the PV UUID,
device size, and data offset.

To write new/repaired metadata text and mda_header:

  pvck --repairtype metadata --file <file> <device>

This requires a good pv_header which points to one or two
metadata areas.  Any metadata areas referenced by the
pv_header are updated with the specified metadata and
a new mda_header. "--settings mda_num=1|2" can be used
to select one mda to repair.

To combine all header and metadata repairs:

  pvck --repair --file <file> <device>

It's best to use a raw metadata file as input, that was
extracted from another PV in the same VG (or from another
metadata area on the same PV.)  pvck will also accept a
metadata backup file, but that will produce metadata that
is not identical to other metadata copies on other PVs
and other areas.  So, when using a backup file, consider
using it to update metadata on all PVs/areas.

To get a raw metadata file to use for the repair, see
pvck --dump metadata|metadata_search.

List all instances of metadata from the metadata area:
  pvck --dump metadata_search <device>

Save one instance of metadata at the given offset to
the specified file (this file can be used for repair):

  pvck --dump metadata_search --file <file>
    --settings "metadata_offset=<off>" <device>
2019-11-27 11:13:47 -06:00
David Teigland
5706764885 improve command definition matching using type
When a user includes "--type foo" in a command, only
look at command definitions with matching type, as
opposed to using matching/mismatching --type as a
vote for/against a given command def.  This means a
command with --type foo will prioritize a command def
with --type foo over other command defs that have
more matching options but an unmatching type.  This
makes it more likely that a closely matching command
def will be recommended.
2019-10-22 09:35:10 -05:00