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6 lvmconfig - Display and manipulate configuration information
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9 lvmconfig
10 [ option_args ]
11 [ position_args ]
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14 lvmconfig, lvm config, lvm dumpconfig (for compatibility reasons, to be
15 phased out) produce formatted output from the LVM configuration tree.
16 The sources of the configuration data include lvm.conf(5) and command
17 line settings from --config.
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20 lvmconfig
21 [ -f|--file String ]
22 [ -l|--list ]
23 [ --atversion String ]
24 [ --typeconfig current|default|diff|full|list|missing|new|profi‐
25 lable|profilable-command|profilable-metadata ]
26 [ --ignoreadvanced ]
27 [ --ignoreunsupported ]
28 [ --ignorelocal ]
29 [ --mergedconfig ]
30 [ --metadataprofile String ]
31 [ --sinceversion String ]
32 [ --showdeprecated ]
33 [ --showunsupported ]
34 [ --validate ]
35 [ --withsummary ]
36 [ --withcomments ]
37 [ --withgeneralpreamble ]
38 [ --withlocalpreamble ]
39 [ --withspaces ]
40 [ --unconfigured ]
41 [ --withversions ]
42 [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
43 [ String ... ]
44 Common options for lvm:
46 [ -d|--debug ]
47 [ -h|--help ]
48 [ -q|--quiet ]
49 [ -t|--test ]
50 [ -v|--verbose ]
51 [ -y|--yes ]
52 [ --commandprofile String ]
53 [ --config String ]
54 [ --driverloaded y|n ]
55 [ --lockopt String ]
56 [ --longhelp ]
57 [ --nolocking ]
58 [ --profile String ]
59 [ --version ]
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62 --atversion String
63 Specify an LVM version in x.y.z format where x is the major ver‐
64 sion, the y is the minor version and z is the patchlevel (e.g.
65 2.2.106). When configuration is displayed, the configuration
66 settings recognized at this LVM version will be considered only.
67 This can be used to display a configuration that a certain LVM
68 version understands and which does not contain any newer set‐
69 tings for which LVM would issue a warning message when checking
70 the configuration.
71 --commandprofile String
73 The command profile to use for command configuration. See
74 lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
75 --config String
77 Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf set‐
78 tings. The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may
79 use section/field syntax. See lvm.conf(5) for more information
80 about config.
81 -d|--debug ...
83 Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail
84 of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).
85 --driverloaded y|n
87 If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.
88 For testing and debugging.
89 -f|--file String
91 Write output to the named file.
92 -h|--help
94 Display help text.
95 --ignoreadvanced
97 Exclude advanced configuration settings from the output.
98 --ignorelocal
100 Ignore the local section. The local section should be defined in
101 the lvmlocal.conf file, and should contain config settings spe‐
102 cific to the local host which should not be copied to other
103 hosts.
104 --ignoreunsupported
106 Exclude unsupported configuration settings from the output.
107 These settings are either used for debugging and development
108 purposes only or their support is not yet complete and they are
109 not meant to be used in production. The current and diff types
110 include unsupported settings in their output by default, all the
111 other types ignore unsupported settings.
112 -l|--list
114 List config settings with summarizing comment. This is the same
115 as using options --typeconfig list --withsummary.
116 --lockopt String
118 Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd. See lvm‐
119 lockd(8) for more information.
120 --longhelp
122 Display long help text.
123 --mergedconfig
125 When the command is run with --config and/or --commandprofile
126 (or using LVM_COMMAND_PROFILE environment variable), --profile,
127 or --metadataprofile, merge all the contents of the "config cas‐
128 cade" before displaying it. Without merging, only the configu‐
129 ration at the front of the cascade is displayed. See
130 lvm.conf(5) for more information about config.
131 --metadataprofile String
133 The metadata profile to use for command configuration. See
134 lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
135 --nolocking
137 Disable locking.
138 --profile String
140 An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on
141 the command.
142 -q|--quiet ...
144 Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --ver‐
145 bose. Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer
146 'no'.
147 --showdeprecated
149 Include deprecated configuration settings in the output. These
150 settings are deprecated after a certain version. If a concrete
151 version is specified with --atversion, deprecated settings are
152 automatically included if the specified version is lower than
153 the version in which the settings were deprecated. The current
154 and diff types include deprecated settings in their output by
155 default, all the other types ignore deprecated settings.
156 --showunsupported
158 Include unsupported configuration settings in the output. These
159 settings are either used for debugging or development purposes
160 only, or their support is not yet complete and they are not
161 meant to be used in production. The current and diff types
162 include unsupported settings in their output by default, all the
163 other types ignore unsupported settings.
164 --sinceversion String
166 Specify an LVM version in x.y.z format where x is the major ver‐
167 sion, the y is the minor version and z is the patchlevel (e.g.
168 2.2.106). This option is currently applicable only with --type‐
169 config new to display all configuration settings introduced
170 since given version.
171 -t|--test
173 Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata. This is
174 implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless
175 returning success to the calling function. This may lead to
176 unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool
177 relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but
178 hasn't.
179 --typeconfig current|default|diff|full|list|missing|new|profilable|pro‐
181 filable-command|profilable-metadata
182 current prints the config settings that would be applied to an
183 lvm command (assuming the command does not override them on the
184 command line.) This includes: settings that have been modified
185 in lvm config files, settings that get their default values from
186 config files, and default settings that have been uncommented in
187 config files. default prints all settings with their default
188 values. Changes made in lvm config files are not reflected in
189 the output. Some settings get their default values internally,
190 and these settings are printed as comments. Other settings get
191 their default values from config files, and these settings are
192 not printed as comments. diff prints only config settings that
193 have been modified from their default values in config files
194 (the difference between current and default.) full prints every
195 setting uncommented and set to the current value, i.e. how it
196 would be used by an lvm command. This includes settings modi‐
197 fied in config files, settings that usually get defaults inter‐
198 nally, and settings that get defaults from config files. list
199 prints all config names without values. missing prints settings
200 that are missing from the lvm config files. A missing setting
201 that usually gets its default from config files is printed
202 uncommented and set to the internal default. Settings that get
203 their default internally and are not set in config files are
204 printed commented with the internal default. new prints config
205 settings that have been added since the lvm version specified by
206 --sinceversion. They are printed with their default values.
207 profilable prints settings with their default values that can be
208 set from a profile. profilable-command prints settings with
209 their default values that can be set from a command profile.
210 profilable-metadata prints settings with their default values
211 that can be set from a metadata profile. Also see lvm.conf(5).
212 --unconfigured
214 Internal option used for generating config file during build.
215 --validate
217 Validate current configuration used and exit with appropriate
218 return code. The validation is done only for the configuration
219 at the front of the "config cascade". To validate the whole
220 merged configuration tree, also use --mergedconfig. The valida‐
221 tion is done even if lvm.conf config/checks is disabled.
222 -v|--verbose ...
224 Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the
225 detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
226 --version
228 Display version information.
229 --withcomments
231 Display a full comment for each configuration node. For depre‐
232 cated settings, also display comments about deprecation.
233 --withgeneralpreamble
235 Include general config file preamble.
236 --withlocalpreamble
238 Include local config file preamble.
239 --withspaces
241 Where appropriate, add more spaces in output for better read‐
242 ability.
243 --withsummary
245 Display a one line comment for each configuration node.
246 --withversions
248 Also display a comment containing the version of introduction
249 for each configuration node. If the setting is deprecated, also
250 display the version since which it is deprecated.
251 -y|--yes
253 Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume
254 the answer yes. Use with extreme caution. (For automatic no,
255 see -qq.)
256
258 String
259 See the option description for information about the string con‐
260 tent.
261 Size[UNIT]
263 Size is an input number that accepts an optional unit. Input
264 units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capi‐
265 talization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024. The default
266 input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT. UNIT rep‐
267 resents other possible input units: bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE. b|B is
268 bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is kilobytes, m|M is
269 megabytes, g|G is gigabytes, t|T is terabytes, p|P is petabytes,
270 e|E is exabytes. (This should not be confused with the output
271 control --units, where capital letters mean multiple of 1000.)
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274 See lvm(8) for information about environment variables used by lvm.
275 For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG
276 parameter.
277
279 lvm(8) lvm.conf(5) lvmconfig(8)
280 pvchange(8) pvck(8) pvcreate(8) pvdisplay(8) pvmove(8) pvremove(8)
282 pvresize(8) pvs(8) pvscan(8)
283 vgcfgbackup(8) vgcfgrestore(8) vgchange(8) vgck(8) vgcreate(8) vgcon‐
285 vert(8) vgdisplay(8) vgexport(8) vgextend(8) vgimport(8) vgimport‐
286 clone(8) vgmerge(8) vgmknodes(8) vgreduce(8) vgremove(8) vgrename(8)
287 vgs(8) vgscan(8) vgsplit(8)
288 lvcreate(8) lvchange(8) lvconvert(8) lvdisplay(8) lvextend(8) lvre‐
290 duce(8) lvremove(8) lvrename(8) lvresize(8) lvs(8) lvscan(8)
291 lvm-fullreport(8) lvm-lvpoll(8) lvm2-activation-generator(8) blkdeacti‐
293 vate(8) lvmdump(8)
294 dmeventd(8) lvmpolld(8) lvmlockd(8) lvmlockctl(8) cmirrord(8) lvmd‐
296 busd(8)
297 lvmsystemid(7) lvmreport(7) lvmraid(7) lvmthin(7) lvmcache(7)
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