1LVDISPLAY(8)                System Manager's Manual               LVDISPLAY(8)
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NAME

6       lvdisplay - Display information about a logical volume
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SYNOPSIS

9       lvdisplay
10           [ option_args ]
11           [ position_args ]
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DESCRIPTION

14       lvdisplay  shows  the  attributes of LVs, like size, read/write status,
15       snapshot information, etc.
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17       lvs(8) is a preferred alternative that shows the same  information  and
18       more, using a more compact and configurable output format.
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USAGE

21       lvdisplay
22           [ -a|--all ]
23           [ -c|--colon ]
24           [ -C|--columns ]
25           [ -H|--history ]
26           [ -m|--maps ]
27           [ -o|--options String ]
28           [ -O|--sort String ]
29           [ -S|--select String ]
30           [    --aligned ]
31           [    --binary ]
32           [    --configreport log|vg|lv|pv|pvseg|seg ]
33           [    --foreign ]
34           [    --ignorelockingfailure ]
35           [    --logonly ]
36           [    --noheadings ]
37           [    --nosuffix ]
38           [    --readonly ]
39           [    --reportformat basic|json ]
40           [    --segments ]
41           [    --separator String ]
42           [    --shared ]
43           [    --unbuffered ]
44           [    --units r|R|h|H|b|B|s|S|k|K|m|M|g|G|t|T|p|P|e|E ]
45           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
46           [ VG|LV|Tag ... ]
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48       Common options for lvm:
49           [ -d|--debug ]
50           [ -h|--help ]
51           [ -q|--quiet ]
52           [ -t|--test ]
53           [ -v|--verbose ]
54           [ -y|--yes ]
55           [    --commandprofile String ]
56           [    --config String ]
57           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
58           [    --lockopt String ]
59           [    --longhelp ]
60           [    --nolocking ]
61           [    --profile String ]
62           [    --version ]
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OPTIONS

65       --aligned
66              Use with --separator to align the output columns
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68       -a|--all
69              Show information about internal LVs.  These are components of
70              normal LVs, such as mirrors, which are not independently acces‐
71              sible, e.g. not mountable.
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73       --binary
74              Use binary values "0" or "1" instead of descriptive literal val‐
75              ues for columns that have exactly two valid values to report
76              (not counting the "unknown" value which denotes that the value
77              could not be determined).
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79       -c|--colon
80              Generate colon separated output for easier parsing in scripts or
81              programs.  Also see vgs(8) which provides considerably more con‐
82              trol over the output.
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84       -C|--columns
85              Display output in columns, the equivalent of vgs(8).  Options
86              listed are the same as options given in vgs(8).
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88       --commandprofile String
89              The command profile to use for command configuration.  See
90              lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
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92       --config String
93              Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf set‐
94              tings.  The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may
95              use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5) for more information
96              about config.
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98       --configreport log|vg|lv|pv|pvseg|seg
99              See lvmreport(7).
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101       -d|--debug ...
102              Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail
103              of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).
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105       --driverloaded y|n
106              If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.
107              For testing and debugging.
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109       --foreign
110              Report/display foreign VGs that would otherwise be skipped.  See
111              lvmsystemid(7) for more information about foreign VGs.
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113       -h|--help
114              Display help text.
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116       -H|--history
117              Include historical LVs in the output.  (This has no effect
118              unless LVs were removed while lvm.conf metadata/record_lvs_his‐
119              tory was enabled.
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121       --ignorelockingfailure
122              Allows a command to continue with read-only metadata operations
123              after locking failures.
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125       --lockopt String
126              Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd.  See lvm‐
127              lockd(8) for more information.
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129       --logonly
130              Suppress command report and display only log report.
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132       --longhelp
133              Display long help text.
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135       -m|--maps
136              Display the mapping of logical extents to PVs and physical
137              extents.  To map physical extents to logical extents use: pvs
138              --segments -o+lv_name,seg_start_pe,segtype
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140       --noheadings
141              Suppress the headings line that is normally the first line of
142              output.  Useful if grepping the output.
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144       --nolocking
145              Disable locking.
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147       --nosuffix
148              Suppress the suffix on output sizes. Use with --units (except h
149              and H) if processing the output.
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151       -o|--options String
152              Comma-separated, ordered list of fields to display in columns.
153              String arg syntax is: [+|-|#]Field1[,Field2 ...]  The prefix +
154              will append the specified fields to the default fields, - will
155              remove the specified fields from the default fields, and # will
156              compact specified fields (removing them when empty for all
157              rows.)  Use -o help to view the list of all available fields.
158              Use separate lists of fields to add, remove or compact by
159              repeating the -o option: -o+field1,field2 -o-field3,field4
160              -o#field5.  These lists are evaluated from left to right.  Use
161              field name lv_all to view all LV fields, vg_all all VG fields,
162              pv_all all PV fields, pvseg_all all PV segment fields, seg_all
163              all LV segment fields, and pvseg_all all PV segment columns.
164              See the lvm.conf report section for more config options.  See
165              lvmreport(7) for more information about reporting.
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167       --profile String
168              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on
169              the command.
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171       -q|--quiet ...
172              Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --ver‐
173              bose.  Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer
174              'no'.
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176       --readonly
177              Run the command in a special read-only mode which will read on-
178              disk metadata without needing to take any locks. This can be
179              used to peek inside metadata used by a virtual machine image
180              while the virtual machine is running. No attempt will be made to
181              communicate with the device-mapper kernel driver, so this option
182              is unable to report whether or not LVs are actually in use.
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184       --reportformat basic|json
185              Overrides current output format for reports which is defined
186              globally by the report/output_format setting in lvm.conf.  basic
187              is the original format with columns and rows.  If there is more
188              than one report per command, each report is prefixed with the
189              report name for identification. json produces report output in
190              JSON format. See lvmreport(7) for more information.
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192       --segments
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194       -S|--select String
195              Select objects for processing and reporting based on specified
196              criteria.  The criteria syntax is described by --select help and
197              lvmreport(7).  For reporting commands, one row is displayed for
198              each object matching the criteria.  See --options help for
199              selectable object fields.  Rows can be displayed with an addi‐
200              tional "selected" field (-o selected) showing 1 if the row
201              matches the selection and 0 otherwise.  For non-reporting com‐
202              mands which process LVM entities, the selection is used to
203              choose items to process.
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205       --separator String
206              String to use to separate each column. Useful if grepping the
207              output.
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209       --shared
210              Report/display shared VGs that would otherwise be skipped when
211              lvmlockd is not being used on the host.  See lvmlockd(8) for
212              more information about shared VGs.
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214       -O|--sort String
215              Comma-separated ordered list of columns to sort by. Replaces the
216              default selection. Precede any column with - for a reverse sort
217              on that column.
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219       -t|--test
220              Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata.  This is
221              implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless
222              returning success to the calling function. This may lead to
223              unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool
224              relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but
225              hasn't.
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227       --unbuffered
228              Produce output immediately without sorting or aligning the col‐
229              umns properly.
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231       --units r|R|h|H|b|B|s|S|k|K|m|M|g|G|t|T|p|P|e|E
232              All sizes are output in these units: human-(r)eadable with '<'
233              rounding indicator, (h)uman-readable, (b)ytes, (s)ectors,
234              (k)ilobytes, (m)egabytes, (g)igabytes, (t)erabytes, (p)etabytes,
235              (e)xabytes.  Capitalise to use multiples of 1000 (S.I.) instead
236              of 1024.  Custom units can be specified, e.g. --units 3M.
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238       -v|--verbose ...
239              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the
240              detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
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242       --version
243              Display version information.
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245       -y|--yes
246              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume
247              the answer yes. Use with extreme caution.  (For automatic no,
248              see -qq.)
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VARIABLES

251       VG
252              Volume Group name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.
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254       LV
255              Logical Volume name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.  An  LV  posi‐
256              tional  arg  generally  includes  the  VG name and LV name, e.g.
257              VG/LV.
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259       Tag
260              Tag name.  See lvm(8) for information about tag names and  using
261              tags in place of a VG, LV or PV.
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263       String
264              See the option description for information about the string con‐
265              tent.
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267       Size[UNIT]
268              Size is an input number that accepts an  optional  unit.   Input
269              units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capi‐
270              talization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to  1024.   The  default
271              input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.  UNIT rep‐
272              resents other possible input units:  bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE.   b|B  is
273              bytes,  s|S  is  sectors  of 512 bytes, k|K is kilobytes, m|M is
274              megabytes, g|G is gigabytes, t|T is terabytes, p|P is petabytes,
275              e|E  is  exabytes.  (This should not be confused with the output
276              control --units, where capital letters mean multiple of 1000.)
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

279       See lvm(8) for information about environment  variables  used  by  lvm.
280       For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG
281       parameter.
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SEE ALSO

284       lvm(8) lvm.conf(5) lvmconfig(8)
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286       pvchange(8)  pvck(8)  pvcreate(8)  pvdisplay(8)  pvmove(8)  pvremove(8)
287       pvresize(8) pvs(8) pvscan(8)
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289       vgcfgbackup(8)  vgcfgrestore(8)  vgchange(8) vgck(8) vgcreate(8) vgcon‐
290       vert(8)  vgdisplay(8)  vgexport(8)  vgextend(8)  vgimport(8)  vgimport‐
291       clone(8)  vgmerge(8)  vgmknodes(8)  vgreduce(8) vgremove(8) vgrename(8)
292       vgs(8) vgscan(8) vgsplit(8)
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294       lvcreate(8) lvchange(8)  lvconvert(8)  lvdisplay(8)  lvextend(8)  lvre‐
295       duce(8) lvremove(8) lvrename(8) lvresize(8) lvs(8) lvscan(8)
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297       lvm-fullreport(8) lvm-lvpoll(8) lvm2-activation-generator(8) blkdeacti‐
298       vate(8) lvmdump(8)
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300       dmeventd(8) lvmpolld(8)  lvmlockd(8)  lvmlockctl(8)  cmirrord(8)  lvmd‐
301       busd(8)
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303       lvmsystemid(7) lvmreport(7) lvmraid(7) lvmthin(7) lvmcache(7)
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