lvscan(8)

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NAME

6       lvscan - List all logical volumes in all volume groups
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SYNOPSIS

9       lvscan
10           [ option_args ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       lvscan  scans  all VGs or all supported LVM block devices in the system
14       for LVs. The output consists of one line for each LV indicating whether
15       or  not  it is active, a snapshot or origin, the size of the device and
16       its allocation policy. Use lvs(8) or lvdisplay(8) to obtain  more  com‐
17       prehensive information about LVs.
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USAGE

20       lvscan
21           [ -a|--all ]
22           [ -b|--blockdevice ]
23           [    --ignorelockingfailure ]
24           [    --readonly ]
25           [    --reportformat basic|json ]
26           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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28       Common options for lvm:
29           [ -d|--debug ]
30           [ -h|--help ]
31           [ -q|--quiet ]
32           [ -t|--test ]
33           [ -v|--verbose ]
34           [ -y|--yes ]
35           [    --commandprofile String ]
36           [    --config String ]
37           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
38           [    --lockopt String ]
39           [    --longhelp ]
40           [    --nolocking ]
41           [    --profile String ]
42           [    --version ]
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OPTIONS

45       -a|--all
46              Show information about internal LVs.  These are components of
47              normal LVs, such as mirrors, which are not independently acces‐
48              sible, e.g. not mountable.
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50       -b|--blockdevice
51              No longer used.
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53       --commandprofile String
54              The command profile to use for command configuration.  See
55              lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
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57       --config String
58              Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf set‐
59              tings.  The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may
60              use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5) for more information
61              about config.
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63       -d|--debug ...
64              Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail
65              of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).
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67       --driverloaded y|n
68              If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.
69              For testing and debugging.
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71       -h|--help
72              Display help text.
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74       --ignorelockingfailure
75              Allows a command to continue with read-only metadata operations
76              after locking failures.
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78       --lockopt String
79              Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd.  See lvm‐
80              lockd(8) for more information.
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82       --longhelp
83              Display long help text.
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85       --nolocking
86              Disable locking.
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88       --profile String
89              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on
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92       -q|--quiet ...
93              Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --ver‐
94              bose.  Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer
95              'no'.
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97       --readonly
98              Run the command in a special read-only mode which will read on-
99              disk metadata without needing to take any locks. This can be
100              used to peek inside metadata used by a virtual machine image
101              while the virtual machine is running. No attempt will be made to
102              communicate with the device-mapper kernel driver, so this option
103              is unable to report whether or not LVs are actually in use.
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105       --reportformat basic|json
106              Overrides current output format for reports which is defined
107              globally by the report/output_format setting in lvm.conf.  basic
108              is the original format with columns and rows.  If there is more
109              than one report per command, each report is prefixed with the
110              report name for identification. json produces report output in
111              JSON format. See lvmreport(7) for more information.
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113       -t|--test
114              Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata.  This is
115              implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless
116              returning success to the calling function. This may lead to
117              unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool
118              relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but
119              hasn't.
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121       -v|--verbose ...
122              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the
123              detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
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125       --version
126              Display version information.
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128       -y|--yes
129              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume
130              the answer yes. Use with extreme caution.  (For automatic no,
131              see -qq.)
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VARIABLES

134       String
135              See the option description for information about the string con‐
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138       Size[UNIT]
139              Size  is  an  input number that accepts an optional unit.  Input
140              units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capi‐
141              talization,  e.g.  'k'  and 'K' both refer to 1024.  The default
142              input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.  UNIT rep‐
143              resents  other  possible  input units: bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE.  b|B is
144              bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K  is  kilobytes,  m|M  is
145              megabytes, g|G is gigabytes, t|T is terabytes, p|P is petabytes,
146              e|E is exabytes.  (This should not be confused with  the  output
147              control --units, where capital letters mean multiple of 1000.)
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

150       See  lvm(8)  for  information  about environment variables used by lvm.
151       For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG
152       parameter.
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