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David Teigland c32d7fed4f writecache: use two step detach
When detaching a writecache, use the cleaner setting
by default to writeback data prior to suspending the
lv to detach the writecache.  This avoids potentially
blocking for a long period with the device suspended.

Detaching a writecache first sets the cleaner option, waits
for a short period of time (less than a second), and checks
if the writecache has quickly become clean.  If so, the
writecache is detached immediately.  This optimizes the case
where little writeback is needed.

If the writecache does not quickly become clean, then the
detach command leaves the writecache attached with the
cleaner option set.  This leaves the LV in the same state
as if the user had set the cleaner option directly with
lvchange --cachesettings cleaner=1 LV.

After leaving the LV with the cleaner option set, the
detach command will wait and watch the writeback progress,
and will finally detach the writecache when the writeback
is finished.  The detach command does not need to wait
during the writeback phase, and can be canceled, in which
case the LV will remain with the writecache attached and
the cleaner option set.  When the user runs the detach
command again it will complete the detach.

To detach a writecache directly, without using the cleaner
step (which has been the approach previously), add the
option --cachesettings cleaner=0 to the detach command.
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# Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Sistina Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
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#
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#
# Syntax
#
# A new command has a unique combination of:
# command name, required option args and required
# positional args.
#
# To define a new command, begin a single line with a
# command name, followed by required options/args,
# (e.g. --foo, or --foo val), followed by required
# positional args, (e.g. VG)
#
# After the single line of required elements are lines
# of optional elements:
# OO: <optional --option args>
# OP: <optional positional args>
#
# command_name required_opt_arg ... required_pos_arg ...
# OO: optional_opt_arg, ...
# OP: optional_pos_arg ...
#
# required_opt_arg/optional_opt_arg must begin with the
# long form option name, e.g. --foo. If the option name
# takes a value, then the type of value is specified,
# e.g. --foo String.
#
# Possible option names are listed in args.h
#
# Use --foo_long to specify that only the long form of
# --foo is accepted by the command. (This is uncommon.)
#
# Possible option arg types are shown in tools/vals.h,
# e.g. Bool, String, VG, SizeMB.
#
# --option args outside the list of types in vals.h are treated
# as literal (non-variable) strings or numbers.
#
# positional args can be multiple types separated by |, e.g. VG|LV|Tag
#
# If a positional arg is repeatable, it is followed by ..., e.g. VG|LV|Tag ...
#
# LV can have a suffix indicating the LV type, e.g. LV_linear, LV_thinpool.
# LV_raid represents any raidN. LV_type1_type2_type3 when the LV is
# limited to multiple specific types.
#
# Note that two commands whose required paramters differ only by
# the LV types they accept are ambiguous. That is, they cannot be
# distinguished by just looking at the command, but require reading
# the VG to find the LV type. So, command definitions that differ
# only in accepted LV types are not allowed. It would be best to
# distinguish them by using different option names.
# There are FIXME's below for some of these cases.
#
# VG, LV can have the suffix _new, indicating the named VG or LV
# does not yet exist.
#
# If Select is included in pos_arg, it means that the pos_arg
# may be empty if the --select option is used.
#
# --size and --extents are interchangable, but only --size is used
# in these definitions to keep them simpler. --extents is
# automatically included and recognized as an alternative to --size.
#
# lvcreate generally requires a VG arg in position 1 and does not
# require the --name option (when --name is omitted, a name is
# generated). But, all commands of that form have a variant which
# is not defined here, but which is automatically recognized as
# being equivalent. That variant allows the required VG arg to
# be omitted when --name VG/LV is specified, or when the
# LVM_VG_NAME env var is set and --name LV is specified.
# The lvcreate variants with --name and without a VG arg are
# automatically recognized as an alternative to the defined
# command forms requiring the VG and no --name.
# Also, --thinpool VG/LV or --cachepool VG/LV can be used in
# place of --name to provide the VG name instead of pos 1.
#
# Note that one the most difficult aspect of these definitions is
# the variants of --thin / --type thin / --type thin-pool,
# --cache / --type cache / --type cache-pool.
# There are no consistent rules to follow and the behaviors are
# unpredictable; each possible variation and combination needs
# to be tested individually to see what it means.
#
# Some options have multiple names, but only one form of the name
# is used in these definitions. Synonyms will be recognized when
# matching a command to a command definition.
#
# used in definitions below (equivalent but not used in definitions)
# mirrorlog core (not corelog)
# resizeable (resizable or allocation)
# allocatable (allocation)
# activate (available)
# rebuild (raidrebuild)
# syncaction (raidsyncaction)
# writemostly (raidwritemostly)
# minrecoveryrate (raidminrecoveryrate)
# maxrecoveryrate (raidmaxrecoveryrate)
# writebehind (raidwritebehind)
# virtualsize (virtualoriginsize)
# splitcache (split)
# vgmetadatacopies (metadatacopies)
# pvmetadatacopies (metadatacopies)
#
# "---" is like a comment line, used to separate text for readability
#
# ID: A unique string identifying the command. Two commands that do
# the same thing, but are alternate syntaxes can share the same ID,
# in which case the implementation would have to sort out which
# args to look at for the required parameters. Or, the two commands
# could use differnet IDs, in which case the implementation would
# know where to look for each parameter.
#
# DESC: A description of the command. The "DESC:" tags will be
# included in the text as indicators of new lines when printing
# the descriptions for help/man output.
#
# RULE: rules that a given command must follow, i.e. required (and)
# or invalid (not) combinations of options, LV types or LV properties.
#
# RULE: A and|not B
#
# Conditions in A are applied to a given command+LV.
# If the conditions in A are true, then the checks in B
# are applied. If the checks in B are true|false according
# to and|not, then the command fails|continues.
#
# When A is "all", the conditions in B are always applied.
#
# Conditions:
# . if any --option listed is set, the checks may apply
# . if any LV_type listed matches LV, the checks may apply
# . if all lv_is_prop listed matches LV, the checks may apply
# . if all of the above pass, then perform the checks
#
# Checks for "and":
# . if any --option listed is not set, then fail
# . if none of the LV_types matches the LV, then fail
# . if any of the lv_is_prop do not match the LV, then fail
#
# Checks for "not":
# . if any --option listed is set, then fail
# . if any of the LV_types matches the LV, then fail
# . if any of the lv_is_prop match the LV, then fail
#
# RULE: --option|LV_type|lv_is_prop|all ... and|not --option|LV_type|lv_is_prop ...
#
# RULE: --opt1 not --opt2
# RULE: --opt1 and --opt2
# RULE: --opt1 LV_type1 lv_is_prop1 and --opt2
# RULE: --opt1 LV_type1 and lv_is_prop1
# RULE: LV_type1 and lv_is_prop1
#
#
#
# For efficiency, sets of options can be defined and reused
# in multiple command definitions.
#
# To define a common set of options:
# OO_NAME: --foo, --bar String
#
# To use this set of options, include it on the OO: line, e.g.
# OO: --example, OO_NAME
#
# which is expaneded to
# OO: --example, --foo, --bar String
#
# Including OO_NAME after a command name on the required line
# means that any one of the options is required and the rest
# are optional. The usage syntax for this case is printed as:
# command (--foo A, --bar B)
#
#
# OO_ALL is included in every command automatically.
#
OO_ALL: --commandprofile String, --config String, --debug,
--driverloaded Bool, --help, --nolocking, --lockopt String, --longhelp, --profile String, --quiet,
--verbose, --version, --yes, --test
#
# options for pvs, lvs, vgs, fullreport
#
OO_REPORT: --aligned, --all, --binary, --configreport ConfigReport, --foreign,
--ignorelockingfailure, --logonly,
--nameprefixes, --noheadings, --nosuffix,
--options String, --readonly, --reportformat ReportFmt, --rows,
--select String, --separator String, --shared, --sort String,
--unbuffered, --units Units, --unquoted
#
# options for config, dumpconfig, lvmconfig
#
OO_CONFIG: --atversion String, --typeconfig ConfigType, --file String, --ignoreadvanced,
--ignoreunsupported, --ignorelocal, --list, --mergedconfig, --metadataprofile String,
--sinceversion String, --showdeprecated, --showunsupported, --validate, --withsummary,
--withcomments, --withgeneralpreamble, --withlocalpreamble, --withspaces, --unconfigured, --withversions
---
# None of these can function as a required option for lvchange.
OO_LVCHANGE: --autobackup Bool, --force, --ignoremonitoring,
--noudevsync, --reportformat ReportFmt, --select String
# Any of these can function as a required option for lvchange.
# profile is also part of OO_ALL, but is repeated in OO_LVCHANGE_META
# because it can function as a required opt.
OO_LVCHANGE_META: --addtag Tag, --deltag Tag,
--alloc Alloc, --contiguous Bool,
--compression Bool, --deduplication Bool,
--detachprofile, --metadataprofile String, --profile String,
--permission Permission, --readahead Readahead, --setactivationskip Bool,
--errorwhenfull Bool, --discards Discards, --zero Bool,
--cachemode CacheMode, --cachepolicy String, --cachesettings String,
--minrecoveryrate SizeKB, --maxrecoveryrate SizeKB,
--writebehind Number, --writemostly WriteMostlyPV, --persistent n
# It's unfortunate that activate needs to be optionally allowed here;
# it should only be used explicitly, but it's been previously allowed
# in combination with unrelated metadata changes.
lvchange OO_LVCHANGE_META VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
OO: --activate Active, --poll Bool, --monitor Bool, OO_LVCHANGE
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: lvchange_properties
DESC: Change a general LV attribute.
DESC: For options listed in parentheses, any one is
DESC: required, after which the others are optional.
RULE: all not lv_is_pvmove lv_is_mirror_log lv_is_mirror_image
RULE: all and lv_is_vg_writable
RULE: --contiguous not --alloc
RULE: --profile not --detachprofile
RULE: --metadataprofile not --detachprofile
RULE: --minrecoveryrate --maxrecoveryrate and LV_raid
RULE: --writebehind --writemostly and LV_raid1
RULE: --cachemode --cachepolicy --cachesettings and LV_cache LV_cachepool LV_writecache
RULE: --errorwhenfull --discards --zero and LV_thinpool
RULE: --permission not lv_is_external_origin lv_is_raid_metadata lv_is_raid_image LV_thinpool
RULE: --alloc --contiguous --metadataprofile --permission --persistent --profile --readahead not lv_is_thick_origin
RULE: --alloc --discards --zero --cachemode --cachepolicy --cachesettings not lv_is_partial
# It's unfortunate that activate needs to be optionally allowed here,
# like above, it was previouly allowed in combination.
lvchange --resync VG|LV_raid_mirror|Tag|Select ...
OO: --activate Active, OO_LVCHANGE
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: lvchange_resync
DESC: Resyncronize a mirror or raid LV.
DESC: Use to reset 'R' attribute on a not initially synchronized LV.
RULE: all not lv_is_pvmove lv_is_locked lv_is_raid_with_integrity
RULE: all not LV_raid0
lvchange --syncaction SyncAction VG|LV_raid|Tag|Select ...
OO: OO_LVCHANGE
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: lvchange_syncaction
DESC: Resynchronize or check a raid LV.
RULE: all not LV_raid0
lvchange --rebuild PV VG|LV_raid|Tag|Select ...
OO: OO_LVCHANGE
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: lvchange_rebuild
DESC: Reconstruct data on specific PVs of a raid LV.
RULE: all not LV_raid0
lvchange --activate Active VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
OO: --activationmode ActivationMode, --partial, --poll Bool, --monitor Bool,
--ignoreactivationskip, --ignorelockingfailure, --sysinit, --readonly, OO_LVCHANGE
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: lvchange_activate
DESC: Activate or deactivate an LV.
lvchange --refresh VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
OO: --activationmode ActivationMode, --partial, --poll Bool, --monitor Bool, OO_LVCHANGE
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: lvchange_refresh
DESC: Reactivate an LV using the latest metadata.
lvchange --monitor Bool VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
OO: OO_LVCHANGE
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: lvchange_monitor
DESC: Start or stop monitoring an LV from dmeventd.
RULE: all not lv_is_pvmove
lvchange --poll Bool VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
OO: --monitor Bool, OO_LVCHANGE
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: lvchange_poll
DESC: Start or stop processing an LV conversion.
lvchange --persistent y --minor Number LV
OO: --major Number, --activate Active, --poll Bool, --monitor Bool, OO_LVCHANGE
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: lvchange_persistent
DESC: Make the minor device number persistent for an LV.
RULE: all not LV_thinpool LV_cachepool LV_vdopool
---
OO_LVCONVERT_POOL: --poolmetadata LV, --poolmetadatasize SizeMB,
--poolmetadataspare Bool, --readahead Readahead, --chunksize SizeKB,
--zero Bool, --metadataprofile String
OO_LVCONVERT_CACHE: --cachemetadataformat CacheMetadataFormat,
--cachemode CacheMode, --cachepolicy String,
--cachesettings String, --zero Bool
OO_LVCONVERT: --alloc Alloc, --background, --force, --noudevsync
---
# These cover all the core, raid-related type conversions.
# They are all routed into the core raid conversion code.
lvconvert --type linear LV
OO: OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_raid_types
DESC: Convert LV to linear.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove
lvconvert --type striped LV
OO: --stripes_long Number, --stripesize SizeKB, --regionsize RegionSize, --interval Number, OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_raid_types
DESC: Convert LV to striped.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove
lvconvert --type mirror LV
OO: --mirrors SNumber, --stripes_long Number, --stripesize SizeKB, --regionsize RegionSize, --interval Number, --mirrorlog MirrorLog, OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_raid_types
DESC: Convert LV to type mirror (also see type raid1),
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove
# When LV is already raid, this changes the raid layout
# (changing layout of raid0 and raid1 not allowed.)
lvconvert --type raid LV
OO: --mirrors SNumber, --stripes_long Number, --stripesize SizeKB, --regionsize RegionSize, --interval Number, OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_raid_types
DESC: Convert LV to raid or change raid layout
DESC: (a specific raid level must be used, e.g. raid1).
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove
RULE: lv_is_raid_with_integrity not --stripes_long --stripesize --regionsize --interval
lvconvert --mirrors SNumber LV
OO: --regionsize RegionSize, --interval Number, --mirrorlog MirrorLog, OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_raid_types
DESC: Convert LV to raid1 or mirror, or change number of mirror images.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove
lvconvert --stripes_long Number LV_raid
OO: OO_LVCONVERT, --interval Number, --regionsize RegionSize, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_raid_types
DESC: Convert raid LV to change number of stripe images.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove lv_is_raid_with_integrity
RULE: all not LV_raid0 LV_raid1
lvconvert --stripesize SizeKB LV_raid
OO: OO_LVCONVERT, --interval Number, --regionsize RegionSize
ID: lvconvert_raid_types
DESC: Convert raid LV to change the stripe size.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove lv_is_raid_with_integrity
RULE: all not LV_raid0 LV_raid1
lvconvert --regionsize RegionSize LV_raid
OO: OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_change_region_size
DESC: Change the region size of an LV.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove lv_is_raid_with_integrity
RULE: all not LV_raid0
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
# lvconvert raid-related utilities
# Create a new command set for these and migrate them out of lvconvert?
lvconvert --splitmirrors Number --name LV_new LV_raid1_mirror_cache
OO: OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_split_mirror_images
DESC: Split images from a raid1 or mirror LV and use them to create a new LV.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove lv_is_raid_with_integrity
lvconvert --splitmirrors Number --trackchanges LV_raid1_cache
OO: OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_split_mirror_images
DESC: Split images from a raid1 LV and track changes to origin for later merge.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove lv_is_raid_with_integrity
lvconvert --mergemirrors LV_linear_raid|VG|Tag ...
OO: OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_merge_mirror_images
DESC: Merge LV images that were split from a raid1 LV.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove lv_is_merging_origin lv_is_virtual_origin lv_is_external_origin lv_is_merging_cow lv_is_raid_with_integrity
lvconvert --mirrorlog MirrorLog LV_mirror
OO: OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_change_mirrorlog
DESC: Change the type of mirror log used by a mirror LV.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
# lvconvert utilities for creating/maintaining thin and cache objects.
# Create a new command set for these and migrate them out of lvconvert?
lvconvert --type thin --thinpool LV LV_linear_striped_raid_cache_thin
OO: --thin, --originname LV_new, OO_LVCONVERT_POOL, OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_to_thin_with_external
DESC: Convert LV to a thin LV, using the original LV as an external origin.
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_raid_with_integrity
RULE: --poolmetadata not --readahead --stripesize --stripes_long
# alternate form of lvconvert --type thin
lvconvert --thin --thinpool LV LV_linear_striped_raid_cache_thin
OO: --type thin, --originname LV_new, OO_LVCONVERT_POOL, OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_to_thin_with_external
DESC: Convert LV to a thin LV, using the original LV as an external origin
DESC: (infers --type thin).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_raid_with_integrity
RULE: --poolmetadata not --readahead --stripesize --stripes_long
---
lvconvert --type cache --cachepool LV LV_linear_striped_raid_thinpool_vdo_vdopool_vdopooldata
OO: --cache, OO_LVCONVERT_CACHE, OO_LVCONVERT_POOL, OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_to_cache_with_cachepool
DESC: Attach a cache pool to an LV, converts the LV to type cache.
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
RULE: all not lv_is_raid_with_integrity
RULE: --poolmetadata not --readahead --stripesize --stripes_long
# alternate form of lvconvert --type cache
lvconvert --cache --cachepool LV LV_linear_striped_raid_thinpool_vdo_vdopool_vdopooldata
OO: --type cache, OO_LVCONVERT_CACHE, OO_LVCONVERT_POOL, OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_to_cache_with_cachepool
DESC: Attach a cache pool to an LV (infers --type cache).
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
RULE: all not lv_is_raid_with_integrity
RULE: --poolmetadata not --readahead --stripesize --stripes_long
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
lvconvert --type writecache --cachevol LV LV_linear_striped_raid
OO: OO_LVCONVERT, --cachesettings String
ID: lvconvert_to_writecache
DESC: Attach a writecache to an LV, converts the LV to type writecache.
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
RULE: all not lv_is_raid_with_integrity
---
lvconvert --type cache --cachevol LV LV_linear_striped_raid_thinpool
OO: --cache, OO_LVCONVERT_CACHE, OO_LVCONVERT, --poolmetadatasize SizeMB, --chunksize SizeKB
ID: lvconvert_to_cache_with_cachevol
DESC: Attach a cache to an LV, converts the LV to type cache.
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
RULE: all not lv_is_raid_with_integrity
# alternate form of lvconvert --type cache
lvconvert --cache --cachevol LV LV_linear_striped_raid_thinpool
OO: OO_LVCONVERT_CACHE, OO_LVCONVERT, --poolmetadatasize SizeMB, --chunksize SizeKB
ID: lvconvert_to_cache_with_cachevol
DESC: Attach a cache to an LV, converts the LV to type cache.
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
RULE: all not lv_is_raid_with_integrity
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
lvconvert --type writecache --cachedevice PV LV_linear_striped_raid
OO: OO_LVCONVERT, --cachesize SizeMB, --cachesettings String
ID: lvconvert_to_writecache_with_device
DESC: Add a writecache to an LV, using a specified cache device.
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
lvconvert --type cache --cachedevice PV LV_linear_striped_raid_thinpool
OO: OO_LVCONVERT, --cachesize SizeMB, --cachesettings String
ID: lvconvert_to_cache_with_device
DESC: Add a cache to an LV, using a specified cache device.
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
---
lvconvert --type thin-pool LV_linear_striped_raid_cache
OO: --stripes_long Number, --stripesize SizeKB,
--discards Discards, OO_LVCONVERT_POOL, OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_to_thinpool
DESC: Convert LV to type thin-pool.
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_origin lv_is_merging_origin lv_is_external_origin lv_is_virtual lv_is_raid_with_integrity
RULE: --poolmetadata not --readahead --stripesize --stripes_long
# This command syntax has two different meanings depending on
# whether the LV pos arg is already a thin pool or not.
#
# 1. When the LV arg is not a pool, this command converts
# the LV into a pool, optionally using a specified meta LV.
# This is an alternate form of the primary command:
# lvconvert --type thin-pool LV
#
# 2. When the LV is is already a pool and a meta LV is specified,
# the meta LV is swapped. Swapping a meta LV is a very specialized
# operation that users should never use.
# This is an alternate form of the primary command:
# lvconvert --swapmetadata --poolmetadata LV LV
#
# The command def cannot include --poolmetadata as a required
# option, otherwise 1 would not pass, so the validation of
# this option cannot be done by the command defs, but has to
# be done ad hoc in the lvconvert implementation.
#
# This command syntax is deprecated, and the primary forms
# of creating a pool or swapping metadata should be used.
lvconvert --thinpool LV_linear_striped_raid_cache_thinpool
OO: --type thin-pool, --stripes_long Number, --stripesize SizeKB,
--discards Discards, OO_LVCONVERT_POOL, OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_to_thinpool_or_swap_metadata
DESC: Convert LV to type thin-pool (variant, use --type thin-pool).
DESC: Swap metadata LV in a thin pool (variant, use --swapmetadata).
FLAGS: PREVIOUS_SYNTAX
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
RULE: all not lv_is_raid_with_integrity
RULE: --poolmetadata not --readahead --stripesize --stripes_long
---
lvconvert --type cache-pool LV_linear_striped_raid
OO: OO_LVCONVERT_CACHE, OO_LVCONVERT_POOL, OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_to_cachepool
DESC: Convert LV to type cache-pool.
RULE: --poolmetadata not --readahead --stripesize --stripes_long
RULE: all not lv_is_raid_with_integrity
# This command syntax has two different meanings depending on
# whether the LV pos arg is already a cache pool or not.
#
# 1. When the LV arg is not a pool, this command converts
# the LV into a pool, optionally using a specified meta LV.
# This is an alternate form of the primary command:
# lvconvert --type cache-pool LV
#
# 2. When the LV is is already a pool and a meta LV is specified,
# the meta LV is swapped. Swapping a meta LV is a very specialized
# operation that users should never use.
# This is an alternate form of the primary command:
# lvconvert --swapmetadata --poolmetadata LV LV
#
# The command def cannot include --poolmetadata as a required
# option, otherwise 1 would not pass, so the validation of
# this option cannot be done by the command defs, but has to
# be done ad hoc in the lvconvert implementation.
#
# This command syntax is deprecated, and the primary forms
# of creating a pool or swapping metadata should be used.
lvconvert --cachepool LV_linear_striped_raid_cachepool
OO: --type cache-pool, OO_LVCONVERT_CACHE, OO_LVCONVERT_POOL, OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_to_cachepool_or_swap_metadata
DESC: Convert LV to type cache-pool (variant, use --type cache-pool).
DESC: Swap metadata LV in a cache pool (variant, use --swapmetadata).
FLAGS: PREVIOUS_SYNTAX
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
RULE: all not lv_is_raid_with_integrity
RULE: --poolmetadata not --readahead --stripesize --stripes_long
---
lvconvert --type vdo-pool LV_linear_striped_raid_cache
OO: --name LV_new, --virtualsize SizeMB, --compression Bool, --deduplication Bool, OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_to_vdopool
DESC: Convert LV to type vdopool.
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_origin lv_is_merging_origin lv_is_external_origin lv_is_virtual lv_is_raid_with_integrity
lvconvert --vdopool LV_linear_striped_raid_cache
OO: --type vdo-pool, OO_LVCONVERT,
--name LV_new, --virtualsize SizeMB, --compression Bool, --deduplication Bool
ID: lvconvert_to_vdopool_param
DESC: Convert LV to type vdopool.
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_origin lv_is_merging_origin lv_is_external_origin lv_is_virtual lv_is_raid_with_integrity
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
lvconvert --splitcache LV_cachepool_cache_thinpool_vdopool_writecache
OO: OO_LVCONVERT, --cachesettings String
ID: lvconvert_split_and_keep_cache
DESC: Detach a cache from an LV.
---
lvconvert --uncache LV_cache_thinpool_vdopool_writecache
OO: OO_LVCONVERT, --cachesettings String
ID: lvconvert_split_and_remove_cache
DESC: Detach and delete a cache from an LV.
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
lvconvert --swapmetadata --poolmetadata LV LV_thinpool_cachepool
OO: --chunksize SizeKB, OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_swap_pool_metadata
DESC: Swap metadata LV in a thin pool or cache pool (for repair only).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
# lvconvert --merge is an extremely ambiguous command.
# It can do very different operations, but which one depends
# on knowing the LV type. So, the command doesn't know what
# it's actually doing until quite late, when processing a
# single LV. When passed a VG or tag, it will do different
# operations on each LV it finds, depending on the current LV type.
lvconvert --merge LV_linear_striped_raid_thin_snapshot|VG|Tag ...
OO: --background, --interval Number, OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_merge
DESC: Merge LV that was split from a mirror (variant, use --mergemirrors).
DESC: Merge thin LV into its origin LV (variant, use --mergethin).
DESC: Merge COW snapshot LV into its origin (variant, use --mergesnapshot).
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove lv_is_merging_origin lv_is_virtual_origin lv_is_external_origin lv_is_merging_cow
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
lvconvert --mergethin LV_thin ...
OO: OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_merge_thin
DESC: Merge thin LV into its origin LV.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove lv_is_merging_origin lv_is_virtual_origin lv_is_external_origin lv_is_merging_cow
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
---
# lvconvert snapshot-related utilities
# Create a new command set for these and migrate them out of lvconvert?
lvconvert --mergesnapshot LV_snapshot ...
OO: --background, --interval Number, OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_merge_snapshot
DESC: Merge COW snapshot LV into its origin.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove lv_is_merging_origin lv_is_virtual_origin lv_is_external_origin lv_is_merging_cow
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
---
lvconvert --splitsnapshot LV_snapshot
OO: OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_split_cow_snapshot
DESC: Separate a COW snapshot from its origin LV.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove lv_is_origin lv_is_external_origin lv_is_merging_cow
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
# NB: an unsual use of position args here, the first pos arg
# (will become origin LV) is not passed to process_each,
# the second pos arg (will become cow LV) is given to
# process_each. Because the first pos LV is not handled
# by process_each_lv, it cannot be checked against this
# command def, so a specific LV type in the first pos
# will not be checked.
# alternate form of lvconvert --snapshot
lvconvert --type snapshot LV LV_linear_striped
OO: --snapshot, --chunksize SizeKB, --zero Bool, OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_combine_split_snapshot
DESC: Combine a former COW snapshot (second arg) with a former
DESC: origin LV (first arg) to reverse a splitsnapshot command.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
lvconvert --snapshot LV LV_linear_striped
OO: --type snapshot, --chunksize SizeKB, --zero Bool, OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_combine_split_snapshot
DESC: Combine a former COW snapshot (second arg) with a former
DESC: origin LV (first arg) to reverse a splitsnapshot command.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove
RULE: all and lv_is_visible
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
# lvconvert repair/replace utilitiles
# Create a new command set for these and migrate them out of lvconvert?
# FIXME: use specific option names to distinguish these two
# very different commands, e.g.
#
# lvconvert --repair-pvs LV_raid_mirror
# DESC: Replace failed PVs in a raid or mirror LV.
#
# lvconvert --repair-thinpool LV_thinpool
# DESC: Repair a thin pool.
#
# lvconvert --repair-cache LV_cache
# DESC: Repair a cache.
#
# lvconvert --repair-cachepool LV_cachepool
# DESC: Repair a cachepool.
#
# lvm may want to do different things, or allow different options
# depending on which operation is being run, but as it stands, it
# cannot do anything operation-specific until after the VG is read
# and the LV type is known.
lvconvert --repair LV_cache_cachepool_mirror_raid_thinpool
OO: --usepolicies, --interval Number, --poolmetadataspare Bool, OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_repair
DESC: Replace failed PVs in a raid or mirror LV.
DESC: Repair a thin pool.
DESC: Repair a cache pool.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove
RULE: --poolmetadataspare and LV_cache LV_cachepool LV_thinpool
lvconvert --replace PV LV_raid
OO: OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_replace_pv
DESC: Replace specific PV(s) in a raid LV with another PV.
RULE: all not lv_is_locked lv_is_pvmove
---
# This command just (re)starts the polling process on the LV
# to continue a previous conversion.
lvconvert --startpoll LV_mirror_raid
OO: OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_start_poll
DESC: Poll LV to continue conversion.
RULE: all and lv_is_converting
# alternate form of lvconvert --startpoll, this is only kept
# for compat since this was how it used to be done.
lvconvert LV_mirror_raid
OO: OO_LVCONVERT
ID: lvconvert_plain
DESC: Poll LV to continue conversion (also see --startpoll)
DESC: or waits till conversion/mirror syncing is finished
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
lvconvert --raidintegrity Bool LV_raid
OO: --raidintegritymode String, --raidintegrityblocksize Number, OO_LVCONVERT
OP: PV ...
ID: lvconvert_integrity
DESC: Add or remove data integrity checksums to raid images.
---
# --extents is not specified; it's an automatic alternative for --size
OO_LVCREATE: --addtag Tag, --alloc Alloc, --autobackup Bool, --activate Active,
--contiguous Bool, --ignoreactivationskip, --ignoremonitoring, --major Number,
--metadataprofile String, --minor Number, --monitor Bool, --name String, --nosync,
--noudevsync, --permission Permission, --persistent Bool, --readahead Readahead,
--reportformat ReportFmt, --setactivationskip Bool, --wipesignatures Bool,
--zero Bool
OO_LVCREATE_CACHE: --cachemode CacheMode, --cachepolicy String, --cachesettings String,
--chunksize SizeKB, --cachemetadataformat CacheMetadataFormat
OO_LVCREATE_POOL: --poolmetadatasize SizeMB, --poolmetadataspare Bool, --chunksize SizeKB
OO_LVCREATE_THIN: --discards Discards, --errorwhenfull Bool
OO_LVCREATE_VDO: --compression Bool, --deduplication Bool
---
lvcreate --type error --size SizeMB VG
OO: OO_LVCREATE
ID: lvcreate_error_vol
DESC: Create an LV that returns errors when used.
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
lvcreate --type zero --size SizeMB VG
OO: OO_LVCREATE
ID: lvcreate_zero_vol
DESC: Create an LV that returns zeros when read.
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
lvcreate --type linear --size SizeMB VG
OO: OO_LVCREATE
OP: PV ...
IO: --mirrors 0, --stripes 1
ID: lvcreate_linear
DESC: Create a linear LV.
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
lvcreate --size SizeMB VG
OO: --type linear, OO_LVCREATE
OP: PV ...
IO: --mirrors 0, --stripes 1
ID: lvcreate_linear
DESC: Create a linear LV.
---
# all lvcreate combinations of:
# a) --type striped
# b) --type mirror
# c) --type raid<N>
# d) --stripes
# e) --mirrors
#
# R1. a: striped with default stripes
# R2. a,d: striped with specified stripes
# R3. a,e: NA
# R4. a,d,e: NA
#
# R5. b: mirror with default mirrors
# R6. b,d: NA
# R7. b,e: mirror with specified mirrors
# R8. b,d,e: NA
#
# R9. c: raid<N> with default stripes/mirrors
# R10. c,d: raid<N> with specified stripes
# R11. c,e: raid<N> with specified mirrors
# R12. c,d,e: raid10 with specified stripes and mirrors
#
# R13. d: striped with specified stripes
# R14. e: mirror with specified mirrors
# R15. d,e: raid10 with specified mirrors
# R1,R2 (--type striped with or without --stripes)
lvcreate --type striped --size SizeMB VG
OO: --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB, OO_LVCREATE
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_striped
DESC: Create a striped LV (also see lvcreate --stripes).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
# R13 (just --stripes)
lvcreate --stripes Number --size SizeMB VG
OO: --stripesize SizeKB, OO_LVCREATE
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_striped
DESC: Create a striped LV (infers --type striped).
# R5,R7 (--type mirror with or without --mirrors)
lvcreate --type mirror --size SizeMB VG
OO: --mirrors PNumber, --mirrorlog MirrorLog, --regionsize RegionSize,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB, OO_LVCREATE
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_mirror
DESC: Create a mirror LV (also see --type raid1).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
# R14 (just --mirrors)
# alternate form of lvcreate --type raid1|mirror
lvcreate --mirrors PNumber --size SizeMB VG
OO: --mirrorlog MirrorLog, --regionsize RegionSize, --minrecoveryrate SizeKB, --maxrecoveryrate SizeKB, OO_LVCREATE
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_mirror_or_raid1
DESC: Create a raid1 or mirror LV (infers --type raid1|mirror).
# R9,R10,R11,R12 (--type raid with any use of --stripes/--mirrors)
lvcreate --type raid --size SizeMB VG
OO: --mirrors PNumber, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB,
--regionsize RegionSize, --minrecoveryrate SizeKB, --maxrecoveryrate SizeKB,
--raidintegrity Bool, --raidintegritymode String, --raidintegrityblocksize Number, OO_LVCREATE
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_raid_any
DESC: Create a raid LV (a specific raid level must be used, e.g. raid1).
# R15 (--stripes and --mirrors which implies raid10)
lvcreate --mirrors PNumber --stripes Number --size SizeMB VG
OO: --stripesize SizeKB, --regionsize RegionSize, --minrecoveryrate SizeKB, --maxrecoveryrate SizeKB, OO_LVCREATE
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_raid_any
DESC: Create a raid10 LV.
---
# The LV created by these commands actually has type linear or striped,
# not snapshot as specified by the command. If LVs never have type
# snapshot, perhaps "snapshot" should not be considered an LV type, but
# another new LV property?
# alternate form of lvcreate --snapshot
lvcreate --type snapshot --size SizeMB LV
OO: --snapshot, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB,
--chunksize SizeKB, OO_LVCREATE
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_cow_snapshot
DESC: Create a COW snapshot LV of an origin LV
DESC: (also see --snapshot).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
lvcreate --snapshot --size SizeMB LV
OO: --type snapshot, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB,
--chunksize SizeKB, OO_LVCREATE
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_cow_snapshot
DESC: Create a COW snapshot LV of an origin LV.
---
# alternate form of lvcreate --snapshot
lvcreate --type snapshot --size SizeMB --virtualsize SizeMB VG
OO: --snapshot, --chunksize SizeKB, OO_LVCREATE
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_cow_snapshot_with_virtual_origin
DESC: Create a sparse COW snapshot LV of a virtual origin LV
DESC: (also see --snapshot).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
lvcreate --snapshot --size SizeMB --virtualsize SizeMB VG
OO: --type snapshot, --chunksize SizeKB, OO_LVCREATE
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_cow_snapshot_with_virtual_origin
DESC: Create a sparse COW snapshot LV of a virtual origin LV.
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
lvcreate --type thin-pool --size SizeMB VG
OO: --thinpool LV_new, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thinpool
DESC: Create a thin pool.
# alternate form of lvcreate --type thin-pool
lvcreate --thin --size SizeMB VG
OO: --type thin-pool, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thinpool
DESC: Create a thin pool (infers --type thin-pool).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
# alternate form of lvcreate --type thin-pool
lvcreate --size SizeMB --thinpool LV_new VG
OO: --thin, --type thin-pool, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thinpool
DESC: Create a thin pool named by the --thinpool arg
DESC: (infers --type thin-pool).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
# NB. there are no alternate forms of these commands that
# use --cache in place of --type cache-pool, but --cache
# still needs to be listed as an optional addition to
# --type cache-pool.
lvcreate --type cache-pool --size SizeMB VG
OO: --cache, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_CACHE, OO_LVCREATE
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_cachepool
DESC: Create a cache pool.
# alternate form of lvcreate --type cache-pool
lvcreate --type cache-pool --size SizeMB --cachepool LV_new VG
OO: --cache, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_CACHE, OO_LVCREATE
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_cachepool
DESC: Create a cache pool named by the --cachepool arg
DESC: (variant, uses --cachepool in place of --name).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
lvcreate --type thin --virtualsize SizeMB --thinpool LV_thinpool VG
OO: --thin, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_vol
DESC: Create a thin LV in a thin pool.
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
# alternate form of lvcreate --type thin
lvcreate --type thin --virtualsize SizeMB LV_thinpool
OO: --thin, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_vol
DESC: Create a thin LV in a thin pool named in the first arg
DESC: (variant, also see --thinpool for naming pool).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
# NB. this is the variant which can substitute
# --thin for --type thin, even though --thin is in OO.
# alternate form of lvcreate --type thin
lvcreate --virtualsize SizeMB --thinpool LV_thinpool VG
OO: --type thin, --thin, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_vol
DESC: Create a thin LV in a thin pool (infers --type thin).
# alternate form of lvcreate --type thin
lvcreate --virtualsize SizeMB LV_thinpool
OO: --type thin, --thin, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_vol
DESC: Create a thin LV in the thin pool named in the first arg
DESC: (variant, infers --type thin, also see --thinpool for
DESC: naming pool.)
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
lvcreate --type thin LV_thin
OO: --thin, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_snapshot
DESC: Create a thin LV that is a snapshot of an existing thin LV.
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
# alternate form of lvcreate --type thin
lvcreate --thin LV_thin
OO: --type thin, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_snapshot
DESC: Create a thin LV that is a snapshot of an existing thin LV
DESC: (infers --type thin).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
# alternate form of lvcreate --type thin
lvcreate --snapshot LV_thin
OO: --type thin, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_snapshot
DESC: Create a thin LV that is a snapshot of an existing thin LV
DESC: (infers --type thin).
lvcreate --type thin --thinpool LV_thinpool LV
OO: --thin, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_snapshot_of_external
DESC: Create a thin LV that is a snapshot of an external origin LV.
# alternate form of lvcreate --type thin --thinpool LV_thinpool LV
lvcreate --snapshot --thinpool LV_thinpool LV
OO: --type thin, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_snapshot_of_external
DESC: Create a thin LV that is a snapshot of an external origin LV
DESC: (infers --type thin).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
lvcreate --type vdo --size SizeMB VG
OO: --vdo, --vdopool LV_new, OO_LVCREATE, OO_LVCREATE_VDO,
--virtualsize SizeMB, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB,
OP: PV ...
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_vdo_vol
DESC: Create a LV that returns VDO when used.
lvcreate --vdo --size SizeMB VG
OO: --vdopool LV_new, OO_LVCREATE, OO_LVCREATE_VDO,
--virtualsize SizeMB, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_vdo_vol
DESC: Create a VDO LV with VDO pool.
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
lvcreate --vdopool LV_new --size SizeMB VG
OO: --vdo, --type vdo, OO_LVCREATE, OO_LVCREATE_VDO,
--virtualsize SizeMB, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_vdo_vol
DESC: Create a VDO LV with VDO pool.
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
# stripes option is not intuitive when creating a thin LV,
# but here it applies to creating the new thin pool that
# is used for the thin LV
# FIXME: there are commands here that differ only in that
# one takes LV_new in arg pos 1, and the other takes a VG name
# in arg pos 1. The commands that take LV_new use that
# name as the new name of the pool, but the commands that
# take a VG automatically generate the LV name. The problem
# is that currently the command matching function cannot
# distinguish between an LV name and a VG name being used
# in arg pos 1, so a user-entered command would just match
# the first it finds and not necessarily the correct
# definition. Note that when LV_new is used in arg pos 1,
# it needs to include a VG name, i.e. VG/LV_new
lvcreate --type thin --virtualsize SizeMB --size SizeMB --thinpool LV_new
OO: --thin, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_vol_and_thinpool
DESC: Create a thin LV, first creating a thin pool for it,
DESC: where the new thin pool is named by the --thinpool arg.
# alternate form of lvcreate --type thin
lvcreate --virtualsize SizeMB --size SizeMB --thinpool LV_new
OO: --thin, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_vol_and_thinpool
DESC: Create a thin LV, first creating a thin pool for it,
DESC: where the new thin pool is named by the --thinpool arg
DESC: (variant, infers --type thin).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
# same as prev but accepts VG pos arg
# alternate form of lvcreate --type thin
lvcreate --virtualsize SizeMB --size SizeMB --thinpool LV_new VG
OO: --thin, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_vol_and_thinpool
DESC: Create a thin LV, first creating a thin pool for it,
DESC: where the new thin pool is named by the --thinpool arg
DESC: (variant, infers --type thin).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
# alternate form of lvcreate --type thin
lvcreate --type thin --virtualsize SizeMB --size SizeMB LV_new|VG
OO: --thin, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_vol_and_thinpool
DESC: Create a thin LV, first creating a thin pool for it,
DESC: where the new thin pool is named in the first arg,
DESC: or the new thin pool name is generated when the first
DESC: arg is a VG name.
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
# alternate form of lvcreate --type thin
lvcreate --thin --virtualsize SizeMB --size SizeMB LV_new|VG
OO: OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_vol_and_thinpool
DESC: Create a thin LV, first creating a thin pool for it,
DESC: where the new thin pool is named in the first arg,
DESC: or the new thin pool name is generated when the first
DESC: arg is a VG name (variant, infers --type thin).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
lvcreate --size SizeMB --virtualsize SizeMB VG
OO: --type snapshot, --snapshot, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_THIN, OO_LVCREATE,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
IO: --mirrors 0
ID: lvcreate_thin_vol_with_thinpool_or_sparse_snapshot
DESC: Create a thin LV, first creating a thin pool for it
DESC: (infers --type thin).
DESC: Create a sparse snapshot of a virtual origin LV
DESC: (infers --type snapshot).
DESC: Chooses --type thin or --type snapshot according to
DESC: config setting sparse_segtype_default.
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
# stripes option is not intuitive when creating a cache LV,
# but here it applies to creating the new origin that
# is used to create the cache LV
lvcreate --type cache --size SizeMB --cachepool LV_cachepool VG
OO: --cache, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_CACHE, OO_LVCREATE,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_and_attach_cachepool
DESC: Create a new LV, then attach the specified cachepool
DESC: which converts the new LV to type cache.
# alternate form of lvcreate --type cache
# (omits the --type cache option which is inferred)
lvcreate --size SizeMB --cachepool LV_cachepool VG
OO: --type cache, --cache, OO_LVCREATE_CACHE, OO_LVCREATE,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_and_attach_cachepool_v2
DESC: Create a new LV, then attach the specified cachepool
DESC: which converts the new LV to type cache
DESC: (variant, infers --type cache.)
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
# alternate form of lvcreate --type cache
# (moves cachepool from option arg to position arg,
# dropping the normal VG position arg)
lvcreate --type cache --size SizeMB LV_cachepool
OO: --cache, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE_CACHE, OO_LVCREATE,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_and_attach_cachepool_v3
DESC: Create a new LV, then attach the specified cachepool
DESC: which converts the new LV to type cache.
DESC: (variant, also use --cachepool).
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
# This command has two different meanings which ought to
# have separate command defs, but since the syntax is the
# same for both they have to share one command def with
# an ambiguous meaning. Which command is performed depends
# on whether the LV in the first arg position is a
# cachepool or not (we can't have two different command
# defs that differ only in the type of LV in the arg position
# because when parsing commands we don't know the LV type.)
#
# 1. An alternate form of lvcreate_and_attach_cachepool_v3
# this syntax: lvcreate --cache --size SizeMB LV_cachepool
# is alternative for: lvcreate --type cache --size SizeMB LV_cachepool
#
# 2. An alternative to using lvconvert to convert LV to type cache,
# but in this case the cachepool is created internally and
# then attached to the LV arg.
#
# Note that stripes are accepted by the first and not by the
# second, but it's not possible to validate this until after
# the LV type is known.
lvcreate --cache --size SizeMB LV
OO: OO_LVCREATE_CACHE, OO_LVCREATE_POOL, OO_LVCREATE,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_new_plus_old_cachepool_or_lvconvert_old_plus_new_cachepool
DESC: When the LV arg is a cachepool, then create a new LV and
DESC: attach the cachepool arg to it.
DESC: (variant, use --type cache and --cachepool.)
DESC: When the LV arg is not a cachepool, then create a new cachepool
DESC: and attach it to the LV arg (alternative, use lvconvert.)
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX
---
# These all create a new origin LV, then forwards to lvconvert
# which combines it with a cachevol (which already exists or
# which needs to be created from cachedevice), converting
# the new LV to type cache or writecache.
lvcreate --type cache --size SizeMB --cachevol LV VG
OO: OO_LVCREATE, OO_LVCREATE_CACHE, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_and_attach_cachevol_for_cache
DESC: Create a new LV, then attach the specified cachevol
DESC: which converts the new LV to type cache.
lvcreate --type cache --size SizeMB --cachedevice PV VG
OO: OO_LVCREATE, OO_LVCREATE_CACHE, --cachesize SizeMB, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_and_attach_cachedevice_for_cache
DESC: Create a new LV, then attach a cachevol created from
DESC: the specified cache device, which converts the
DESC: new LV to type cache.
lvcreate --type writecache --size SizeMB --cachevol LV VG
OO: OO_LVCREATE, --cachesettings String, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_and_attach_cachevol_for_writecache
DESC: Create a new LV, then attach the specified cachevol
DESC: which converts the new LV to type writecache.
lvcreate --type writecache --size SizeMB --cachedevice PV VG
OO: OO_LVCREATE, --cachesize SizeMB, --cachesettings String, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
ID: lvcreate_and_attach_cachedevice_for_writecache
DESC: Create a new LV, then attach a cachevol created from
DESC: the specified cache device, which converts the
DESC: new LV to type writecache.
---
lvdisplay
OO: --aligned, --all, --binary, --colon, --columns,
--configreport ConfigReport, --foreign, --history, --ignorelockingfailure,
--logonly, --maps, --noheadings,
--nosuffix, --options String, --sort String, --readonly,
--reportformat ReportFmt, --segments, --select String, --separator String,
--shared, --unbuffered, --units Units
OP: VG|LV|Tag ...
IO: --partial, --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: lvdisplay_general
---
# --type is an option in lvextend/lvresize only so that the specified type
# value can be checked to match the existing type; using it doesn't
# currently enable any different behavior.
# --extents is not specified; it's an automatic alternative for --size
lvextend --size PSizeMB LV
OO: --alloc Alloc, --autobackup Bool, --force, --mirrors Number,
--nofsck, --nosync, --noudevsync, --reportformat ReportFmt, --resizefs,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB, --poolmetadatasize PSizeMB,
--type SegType
OP: PV ...
ID: lvextend_by_size
DESC: Extend an LV by a specified size.
lvextend LV PV ...
OO: --alloc Alloc, --autobackup Bool, --force, --mirrors Number,
--nofsck, --nosync, --noudevsync,
--reportformat ReportFmt, --resizefs, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB,
--type SegType
ID: lvextend_by_pv
DESC: Extend an LV by specified PV extents.
lvextend --poolmetadatasize PSizeMB LV_thinpool
OO: --alloc Alloc, --autobackup Bool, --force, --mirrors Number,
--nofsck, --nosync, --noudevsync,
--reportformat ReportFmt, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB,
--type SegType
OP: PV ...
ID: lvextend_pool_metadata_by_size
DESC: Extend a pool metadata SubLV by a specified size.
lvextend --usepolicies LV_thinpool_snapshot
OO: --alloc Alloc, --autobackup Bool, --force, --mirrors Number,
--nofsck, --nosync, --noudevsync,
--reportformat ReportFmt, --resizefs,
--type SegType
OP: PV ...
ID: lvextend_by_policy
DESC: Extend an LV according to a predefined policy.
---
lvmconfig
OO: OO_CONFIG
OP: String ...
ID: lvmconfig_general
---
lvreduce --size NSizeMB LV
OO: --autobackup Bool, --force, --nofsck, --noudevsync,
--reportformat ReportFmt, --resizefs
ID: lvreduce_general
---
lvremove VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
OO: --autobackup Bool, --force, --nohistory, --noudevsync,
--reportformat ReportFmt, --select String
ID: lvremove_general
---
lvrename VG LV LV_new
OO: --autobackup Bool, --noudevsync, --reportformat ReportFmt
ID: lvrename_vg_lv_lv
lvrename LV LV_new
OO: --autobackup Bool, --noudevsync, --reportformat ReportFmt
ID: lvrename_lv_lv
---
# --type is an option in lvextend/lvresize only so that the specified type
# value can be checked to match the existing type; using it doesn't
# currently enable any different behavior.
lvresize --size SSizeMB LV
OO: --alloc Alloc, --autobackup Bool, --force,
--nofsck, --nosync, --noudevsync, --reportformat ReportFmt, --resizefs,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB, --poolmetadatasize PSizeMB,
--type SegType
OP: PV ...
ID: lvresize_by_size
DESC: Resize an LV by a specified size.
lvresize LV PV ...
OO: --alloc Alloc, --autobackup Bool, --force,
--nofsck, --nosync, --noudevsync,
--reportformat ReportFmt, --resizefs, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB,
--type SegType
ID: lvresize_by_pv
DESC: Resize an LV by specified PV extents.
lvresize --poolmetadatasize PSizeMB LV_thinpool
OO: --alloc Alloc, --autobackup Bool, --force,
--nofsck, --nosync, --noudevsync,
--reportformat ReportFmt, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB,
--type SegType
OP: PV ...
ID: lvresize_pool_metadata_by_size
DESC: Resize a pool metadata SubLV by a specified size.
---
lvs
OO: --history, --segments, OO_REPORT
OP: VG|LV|Tag ...
IO: --partial, --ignoreskippedcluster, --trustcache
ID: lvs_general
---
lvscan
OO: --all, --blockdevice, --ignorelockingfailure,
--readonly, --reportformat ReportFmt
IO: --partial, --cache_long
ID: lvscan_general
---
# None of these can function as a required option for pvchange.
OO_PVCHANGE: --autobackup Bool, --force, --reportformat ReportFmt, --uuid
# Any of these can function as a required option for pvchange.
OO_PVCHANGE_META: --allocatable Bool, --addtag Tag, --deltag Tag,
--uuid, --metadataignore Bool
pvchange --all OO_PVCHANGE_META
OO: OO_PVCHANGE
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: pvchange_properties_all
DESC: Change properties of all PVs.
pvchange OO_PVCHANGE_META PV|Select ...
OO: --select String, OO_PVCHANGE
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: pvchange_properties_some
DESC: Change properties of specified PVs.
---
pvresize PV ...
OO: --setphysicalvolumesize SizeMB, --reportformat ReportFmt
ID: pvresize_general
---
pvck PV ...
OO: --labelsector Number
ID: pvck_general
DESC: Check for metadata on a device
pvck --dump DumpType PV
OO: --settings String, --file String,
--pvmetadatacopies MetadataCopiesPV, --labelsector Number
ID: pvck_dump
DESC: Check and print LVM headers and metadata on a device
pvck --repairtype RepairType PV
OO: --settings String, --file String, --labelsector Number
ID: pvck_repair_type
DESC: Repair LVM headers or metadata on a device
pvck --repair --file String PV
OO: --settings String, --labelsector Number
ID: pvck_repair
DESC: Repair LVM headers and metadata on a device
---
# Use --uuidstr here which will be converted to uuidstr_ARG
# which is actually --uuid string on the command line.
pvcreate PV ...
OO: --dataalignment SizeKB, --dataalignmentoffset SizeKB, --bootloaderareasize SizeMB,
--force, --labelsector Number, --metadatatype MetadataType,
--pvmetadatacopies MetadataCopiesPV, --metadatasize SizeMB,
--metadataignore Bool, --norestorefile, --setphysicalvolumesize SizeMB,
--reportformat ReportFmt, --restorefile String, --uuidstr String, --zero Bool
ID: pvcreate_general
RULE: --norestorefile not --restorefile
RULE: --bootloaderareasize not --restorefile
---
pvdisplay
OO: --aligned, --all, --binary, --colon, --columns, --configreport ConfigReport,
--foreign, --ignorelockingfailure,
--logonly, --maps, --noheadings, --nosuffix, --options String,
--readonly, --reportformat ReportFmt, --select String, --separator String, --shared,
--short, --sort String, --unbuffered, --units Units
OP: PV|Tag ...
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: pvdisplay_general
---
pvmove PV
OO: --abort, --alloc Alloc, --atomic, --autobackup Bool, --background,
--interval Number, --name LV, --noudevsync, --reportformat ReportFmt
OP: PV ...
ID: pvmove_one
DESC: Move PV extents.
pvmove
OO: --abort, --background, --interval Number
ID: pvmove_any
DESC: Continue or abort existing pvmove operations.
---
pvremove PV ...
OO: --force, --reportformat ReportFmt
ID: pvremove_general
---
pvs
OO: --segments, OO_REPORT
OP: PV|Tag ...
IO: --partial, --ignoreskippedcluster, --trustcache
ID: pvs_general
---
pvscan
OO: --ignorelockingfailure, --reportformat ReportFmt, --exported, --novolumegroup,
--short, --uuid
ID: pvscan_display
DESC: Display PV information.
pvscan --cache_long
OO: --ignorelockingfailure, --reportformat ReportFmt,
--activate ay, --major Number, --minor Number, --noudevsync
OP: PV|String ...
IO: --background
ID: pvscan_cache
DESC: Autoactivate a VG when all PVs are online.
---
vgcfgbackup
OO: --file String, --foreign, --ignorelockingfailure, --readonly,
--reportformat ReportFmt
OP: VG ...
IO: --partial
ID: vgcfgbackup_general
---
OO_VGCFGRESTORE: --force_long, --metadatatype MetadataType
vgcfgrestore VG
OO: OO_VGCFGRESTORE
ID: vgcfgrestore_by_vg
DESC: Restore VG metadata from last backup.
vgcfgrestore --file String VG
OO: OO_VGCFGRESTORE
ID: vgcfgrestore_by_file
DESC: Restore VG metadata from specified file.
vgcfgrestore --list VG
OO: OO_VGCFGRESTORE
ID: vgcfgrestore_list_by_vg
DESC: List all VG metadata backups.
# FIXME: the optional VG pos arg is not used or checked and can be
# anything, but a test in the test suite uses it. Fix the test or
# verify that the positional VG is correct?
vgcfgrestore --list --file String
OO: OO_VGCFGRESTORE
OP: VG
ID: vgcfgrestore_list_by_file
DESC: List one VG metadata backup file.
---
# None of these can function as a required option for vgchange.
OO_VGCHANGE: --autobackup Bool, --ignoremonitoring,
--noudevsync, --reportformat ReportFmt, --select String, --force
# Any of these can function as a required option for vgchange.
# profile is also part of OO_ALL, but is repeated in OO_VGCHANGE_META
# because it can function as a required opt.
OO_VGCHANGE_META: --addtag Tag, --deltag Tag,
--logicalvolume Uint32, --maxphysicalvolumes Uint32, --alloc Alloc, --uuid,
--pvmetadatacopies MetadataCopiesPV, --vgmetadatacopies MetadataCopiesVG,
--physicalextentsize SizeMB, --resizeable Bool,
--profile String, --detachprofile, --metadataprofile String
vgchange OO_VGCHANGE_META
OO: --poll Bool, OO_VGCHANGE
OP: VG|Tag|Select ...
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: vgchange_properties
DESC: Change a general VG attribute.
DESC: For options listed in parentheses, any one is
DESC: required, after which the others are optional.
vgchange --monitor Bool
OO: --sysinit, --ignorelockingfailure, --poll Bool, OO_VGCHANGE
OP: VG|Tag|Select ...
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: vgchange_monitor
DESC: Start or stop monitoring LVs from dmeventd.
vgchange --poll Bool
OO: --ignorelockingfailure, OO_VGCHANGE
OP: VG|Tag|Select ...
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: vgchange_poll
DESC: Start or stop processing LV conversions.
vgchange --activate Active
OO: --activationmode ActivationMode, --ignoreactivationskip, --partial, --sysinit,
--readonly, --ignorelockingfailure, --monitor Bool, --poll Bool, OO_VGCHANGE
OP: VG|Tag|Select ...
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: vgchange_activate
DESC: Activate or deactivate LVs.
vgchange --refresh
OO: --sysinit, --ignorelockingfailure, --poll Bool, OO_VGCHANGE
OP: VG|Tag|Select ...
IO: --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: vgchange_refresh
DESC: Reactivate LVs using the latest metadata.
vgchange --systemid String VG
ID: vgchange_systemid
DESC: Change the system ID of a VG.
vgchange --lockstart
OO: --select String
OP: VG|Tag|Select ...
ID: vgchange_lockstart
DESC: Start the lockspace of a shared VG in lvmlockd.
vgchange --lockstop
OO: --select String
OP: VG|Tag|Select ...
ID: vgchange_lockstop
DESC: Stop the lockspace of a shared VG in lvmlockd.
vgchange --locktype LockType VG
ID: vgchange_locktype
DESC: Change the lock type for a shared VG.
---
vgck
OO: --reportformat ReportFmt
OP: VG|Tag ...
ID: vgck_general
DESC: Read and display information about a VG.
vgck --updatemetadata VG
ID: vgck_update_metadata
DESC: Rewrite VG metadata to correct problems.
---
vgcreate VG_new PV ...
OO: --addtag Tag, --alloc Alloc, --autobackup Bool, --clustered Bool, --maxlogicalvolumes Uint32,
--maxphysicalvolumes Uint32, --metadataprofile String, --metadatatype MetadataType,
--physicalextentsize SizeMB, --force, --zero Bool, --labelsector Number,
--metadatasize SizeMB, --pvmetadatacopies MetadataCopiesPV, --vgmetadatacopies MetadataCopiesVG,
--reportformat ReportFmt, --dataalignment SizeKB, --dataalignmentoffset SizeKB,
--shared, --systemid String, --locktype LockType
ID: vgcreate_general
---
vgdisplay
OO: --activevolumegroups, --aligned, --binary, --colon, --columns,
--configreport ConfigReport, --foreign, --ignorelockingfailure,
--logonly, --noheadings, --nosuffix,
--options String, --readonly, --reportformat ReportFmt, --select String,
--shared, --short, --separator String, --sort String, --unbuffered, --units Units
OP: VG|Tag ...
IO: --partial, --ignoreskippedcluster
ID: vgdisplay_general
---
OO_VGEXPORT: --reportformat ReportFmt
vgexport VG|Tag|Select ...
OO: --select String, OO_VGEXPORT
ID: vgexport_some
DESC: Export specified VGs.
vgexport --all
OO: OO_VGEXPORT
ID: vgexport_all
DESC: Export all VGs.
---
vgextend VG PV ...
OO: --autobackup Bool,
--force, --zero Bool, --labelsector Number, --metadatatype MetadataType,
--metadatasize SizeMB, --pvmetadatacopies MetadataCopiesPV,
--metadataignore Bool, --dataalignment SizeKB, --dataalignmentoffset SizeKB,
--reportformat ReportFmt, --restoremissing
ID: vgextend_general
---
OO_VGIMPORT: --force, --reportformat ReportFmt
vgimport VG|Tag|Select ...
OO: --select String, OO_VGIMPORT
ID: vgimport_some
DESC: Import specified VGs.
vgimport --all
OO: OO_VGIMPORT
ID: vgimport_all
DESC: Import all VGs.
---
vgimportclone PV ...
OO: --basevgname VG, --import
ID: vgimportclone_general
---
vgmerge VG VG
OO: --autobackup Bool, --list
ID: vgmerge_general
---
vgmknodes
OO: --ignorelockingfailure, --refresh, --reportformat ReportFmt
OP: VG|LV|Tag ...
ID: vgmknodes_general
---
OO_VGREDUCE: --autobackup Bool, --force, --reportformat ReportFmt
vgreduce VG PV ...
OO: OO_VGREDUCE
ID: vgreduce_by_pv
DESC: Remove a PV from a VG.
vgreduce --all VG
OO: OO_VGREDUCE
ID: vgreduce_all
DESC: Remove all unused PVs from a VG.
vgreduce --removemissing VG
OO: --mirrorsonly, OO_VGREDUCE
ID: vgreduce_missing
DESC: Remove all missing PVs from a VG.
---
vgremove VG|Tag|Select ...
OO: --force, --noudevsync, --reportformat ReportFmt, --select String
ID: vgremove_general
---
vgrename VG VG_new
OO: --autobackup Bool, --force, --reportformat ReportFmt
ID: vgrename_by_name
DESC: Rename a VG.
vgrename String VG_new
OO: --autobackup Bool, --force, --reportformat ReportFmt
ID: vgrename_by_uuid
DESC: Rename a VG by specifying the VG UUID.
---
vgs
OO: OO_REPORT
OP: VG|Tag ...
IO: --partial, --ignoreskippedcluster, --trustcache
ID: vgs_general
---
vgscan
OO: --ignorelockingfailure, --mknodes, --notifydbus,
--reportformat ReportFmt
IO: --partial, --cache_long
ID: vgscan_general
---
OO_VGSPLIT: --autobackup Bool
# used only when the destination VG is new
OO_VGSPLIT_NEW: --alloc Alloc,
--maxlogicalvolumes Uint32, --maxphysicalvolumes Uint32,
--metadatatype MetadataType, --vgmetadatacopies MetadataCopiesVG
vgsplit VG VG PV ...
OO: OO_VGSPLIT, OO_VGSPLIT_NEW
ID: vgsplit_by_pv
DESC: Split a VG by specified PVs.
vgsplit --name LV VG VG
OO: OO_VGSPLIT, OO_VGSPLIT_NEW
ID: vgsplit_by_lv
DESC: Split a VG by PVs in a specified LV.
---
# built-in and deprecated commands
# use lvmconfig
config
OO: OO_CONFIG
OP: String ...
ID: lvmconfig_general
# use lvmconfig
dumpconfig
OO: OO_CONFIG
OP: String ...
ID: lvmconfig_general
devtypes
OO: --aligned, --binary, --nameprefixes, --noheadings,
--nosuffix, --options String, --reportformat ReportFmt, --rows,
--select String, --separator String, --sort String, --unbuffered, --unquoted
ID: devtypes_general
fullreport
OO: OO_REPORT
OP: VG ...
IO: --partial, --ignoreskippedcluster, --trustcache
ID: fullreport_general
lastlog
OO: --reportformat ReportFmt, --select String
ID: lastlog_general
lvpoll --polloperation PollOp LV ...
OO: --abort, --autobackup Bool, --handlemissingpvs, --interval Number
ID: lvpoll_general
formats
ID: formats_general
help
OP: String ...
ID: help_general
version
ID: version_general
# deprecated
pvdata
ID: pvdata_general
segtypes
ID: segtypes_general
systemid
ID: systemid_general
tags
ID: tags_general
# deprecated
lvmchange
ID: lvmchange_general
# deprecated
lvmdiskscan
OO: --lvmpartition, --readonly
ID: lvmdiskscan_general
# deprecated
lvmsadc
ID: lvmsadc_general
# deprecated
lvmsar
OO: --full, --stdin
ID: lvmsar_general
# deprecated
vgconvert VG ...
OO: --force, --labelsector Number, --bootloaderareasize SizeMB,
--metadatatype MetadataType, --pvmetadatacopies MetadataCopiesPV,
--metadatasize SizeMB, --reportformat ReportFmt
ID: vgconvert_general