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

6       lvchange — Change the attributes of logical volume(s)
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SYNOPSIS

9       lvchange option_args position_args
10           [ option_args ]
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12        -a|--activate y|n|ay
13           --activationmode partial|degraded|complete
14           --addtag Tag
15           --alloc contiguous|cling|cling_by_tags|normal|anywhere|inherit
16        -A|--autobackup y|n
17           --cachemode writethrough|writeback|passthrough
18           --cachepolicy String
19           --cachesettings String
20           --commandprofile String
21           --compression y|n
22           --config String
23        -C|--contiguous y|n
24        -d|--debug
25           --deduplication y|n
26           --deltag Tag
27           --detachprofile
28           --devices PV
29           --devicesfile String
30           --discards passdown|nopassdown|ignore
31           --driverloaded y|n
32           --errorwhenfull y|n
33        -f|--force
34        -h|--help
35        -K|--ignoreactivationskip
36           --ignorelockingfailure
37           --ignoremonitoring
38           --journal String
39           --lockopt String
40           --longhelp
41        -j|--major Number
42           --[raid]maxrecoveryrate Size[k|UNIT]
43           --metadataprofile String
44           --minor Number
45           --[raid]minrecoveryrate Size[k|UNIT]
46           --monitor y|n
47           --nohints
48           --nolocking
49           --noudevsync
50        -P|--partial
51        -p|--permission rw|r
52        -M|--persistent y|n
53           --poll y|n
54           --profile String
55        -q|--quiet
56        -r|--readahead auto|none|Number
57           --readonly
58           --rebuild PV
59           --refresh
60           --reportformat basic|json|json_std
61           --resync
62        -S|--select String
63        -k|--setactivationskip y|n
64           --setautoactivation y|n
65           --[raid]syncaction check|repair
66           --sysinit
67        -t|--test
68           --vdosettings String
69        -v|--verbose
70           --version
71           --[raid]writebehind Number
72           --[raid]writemostly PV[:t|n|y]
73        -y|--yes
74        -Z|--zero y|n
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DESCRIPTION

77       lvchange  changes LV attributes in the VG, changes LV activation in the
78       kernel, and includes other utilities for LV maintenance.
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USAGE

81       Change a general LV attribute.
82       For options listed in parentheses, any one is
83       required, after which the others are optional.
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85       lvchange
86           ( -C|--contiguous y|n
87             -p|--permission rw|r
88             -r|--readahead auto|none|Number
89             -k|--setactivationskip y|n
90             -Z|--zero y|n
91             -M|--persistent n
92                --addtag Tag
93                --deltag Tag
94                --alloc contiguous|cling|cling_by_tags|normal|anywhere|inherit
95                --compression y|n
96                --deduplication y|n
97                --detachprofile
98                --metadataprofile String
99                --profile String
100                --setautoactivation y|n
101                --errorwhenfull y|n
102                --discards passdown|nopassdown|ignore
103                --cachemode writethrough|writeback|passthrough
104                --cachepolicy String
105                --cachesettings String
106                --[raid]minrecoveryrate Size[k|UNIT]
107                --[raid]maxrecoveryrate Size[k|UNIT]
108                --vdosettings String
109                --[raid]writebehind Number
110                --[raid]writemostly PV[:t|n|y] )
111            VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
112           [ -a|--activate y|n|ay ]
113           [    --poll y|n ]
114           [    --monitor y|n ]
115           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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119       Resyncronize a mirror or raid LV.
120       Use to reset 'R' attribute on a not initially synchronized LV.
121
122       lvchange --resync VG|LV1|Tag|Select ...
123           [ -a|--activate y|n|ay ]
124           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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126           LV1 types: mirror raid
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130       Resynchronize or check a raid LV.
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132       lvchange --syncaction check|repair VG|LV1|Tag|Select ...
133           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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135           LV1 types: raid
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139       Reconstruct data on specific PVs of a raid LV.
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141       lvchange --rebuild PV VG|LV1|Tag|Select ...
142           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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144           LV1 types: raid
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148       Activate or deactivate an LV.
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150       lvchange -a|--activate y|n|ay VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
151           [ -P|--partial ]
152           [ -K|--ignoreactivationskip ]
153           [    --activationmode partial|degraded|complete ]
154           [    --poll y|n ]
155           [    --monitor y|n ]
156           [    --ignorelockingfailure ]
157           [    --sysinit ]
158           [    --readonly ]
159           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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163       Reactivate an LV using the latest metadata.
164
165       lvchange --refresh VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
166           [ -P|--partial ]
167           [    --activationmode partial|degraded|complete ]
168           [    --poll y|n ]
169           [    --monitor y|n ]
170           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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174       Start or stop monitoring an LV from dmeventd.
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176       lvchange --monitor y|n VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
177           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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181       Start or stop processing an LV conversion.
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183       lvchange --poll y|n VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
184           [    --monitor y|n ]
185           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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189       Make the minor device number persistent for an LV.
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191       lvchange -M|--persistent y --minor Number LV
192           [ -j|--major Number ]
193           [ -a|--activate y|n|ay ]
194           [    --poll y|n ]
195           [    --monitor y|n ]
196           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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200       Common options for command:
201           [ -A|--autobackup y|n ]
202           [ -f|--force ]
203           [ -S|--select String ]
204           [    --ignoremonitoring ]
205           [    --noudevsync ]
206           [    --reportformat basic|json|json_std ]
207
208       Common options for lvm:
209           [ -d|--debug ]
210           [ -h|--help ]
211           [ -q|--quiet ]
212           [ -t|--test ]
213           [ -v|--verbose ]
214           [ -y|--yes ]
215           [    --commandprofile String ]
216           [    --config String ]
217           [    --devices PV ]
218           [    --devicesfile String ]
219           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
220           [    --journal String ]
221           [    --lockopt String ]
222           [    --longhelp ]
223           [    --nohints ]
224           [    --nolocking ]
225           [    --profile String ]
226           [    --version ]
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OPTIONS

229       -a|--activate y|n|ay
230              Change the active state of  LVs.   An  active  LV  can  be  used
231              through  a block device, allowing data on the LV to be accessed.
232              y makes LVs active, or available.  n makes LVs inactive, or  un‐
233              available.  The block device for the LV is added or removed from
234              the system using device-mapper in the kernel.  A  symbolic  link
235              /dev/VGName/LVName pointing to the device node is also added/re‐
236              moved.  All  software  and  scripts  should  access  the  device
237              through  the  symbolic  link and present this as the name of the
238              device.  The location and name of the underlying device node may
239              depend  on  the  distribution, configuration (e.g. udev), or re‐
240              lease version.  ay specifies autoactivation, which  is  used  by
241              system-generated  activation  commands.  By default, LVs are au‐
242              toactivated.  An autoactivation property can be set on a  VG  or
243              LV  to  disable  autoactivation,  see --setautoactivation y|n in
244              vgchange, lvchange, vgcreate, and lvcreate.  Display the proper‐
245              ty  with  vgs  or  lvs "-o autoactivation".  The lvm.conf(5) au‐
246              to_activation_volume_list includes names  of  VGs  or  LVs  that
247              should  be autoactivated, and anything not listed is not autoac‐
248              tivated.  When auto_activation_volume_list is undefined (the de‐
249              fault), it has no effect.  If auto_activation_volume_list is de‐
250              fined and empty, no LVs are autoactivated.   Items  included  by
251              auto_activation_volume_list will not be autoactivated if the au‐
252              toactivation property has been disabled.   See  lvmlockd(8)  for
253              more  information  about activation options ey and sy for shared
254              VGs.
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256       --activationmode partial|degraded|complete
257              Determines if LV activation is allowed  when  PVs  are  missing,
258              e.g. because of a device failure.  complete only allows LVs with
259              no missing PVs to be activated,  and  is  the  most  restrictive
260              mode.   degraded allows RAID LVs with missing PVs to be activat‐
261              ed.  (This does not include the "mirror" type, see  "raid1"  in‐
262              stead.)  partial allows any LV with missing PVs to be activated,
263              and should only be used for recovery or  repair.   For  default,
264              see lvm.conf(5) activation_mode.  See lvmraid(7) for more infor‐
265              mation.
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267       --addtag Tag
268              Adds a tag to a PV, VG or LV. This option can be repeated to add
269              multiple tags at once. See lvm(8) for information about tags.
270
271       --alloc contiguous|cling|cling_by_tags|normal|anywhere|inherit
272              Determines  the  allocation policy when a command needs to allo‐
273              cate Physical Extents (PEs) from the VG. Each VG and LV  has  an
274              allocation  policy  which can be changed with vgchange/lvchange,
275              or overridden on the command line.  normal applies common  sense
276              rules  such as not placing parallel stripes on the same PV.  in‐
277              herit applies the VG policy to an LV.  contiguous  requires  new
278              PEs be placed adjacent to existing PEs.  cling places new PEs on
279              the same PV as existing PEs in the same stripe of  the  LV.   If
280              there  are sufficient PEs for an allocation, but normal does not
281              use them, anywhere will use them even if it reduces performance,
282              e.g. by placing two stripes on the same PV.  Optional positional
283              PV args on the command line can also be used to limit which  PVs
284              the command will use for allocation.  See lvm(8) for more infor‐
285              mation about allocation.
286
287       -A|--autobackup y|n
288              Specifies if metadata should be backed up automatically after  a
289              change.   Enabling  this is strongly advised! See vgcfgbackup(8)
290              for more information.
291
292       --cachemode writethrough|writeback|passthrough
293              Specifies when writes to a cache LV should  be  considered  com‐
294              plete.   writeback  considers  a write complete as soon as it is
295              stored in the cache pool.  writethough considers  a  write  com‐
296              plete only when it has been stored in both the cache pool and on
297              the origin LV.  While writethrough may be slower for writes,  it
298              is more resilient if something should happen to a device associ‐
299              ated with the cache pool LV. With  passthrough,  all  reads  are
300              served  from  the  origin  LV (all reads miss the cache) and all
301              writes are forwarded to the origin LV; additionally, write  hits
302              cause cache block invalidates. See lvmcache(7) for more informa‐
303              tion.
304
305       --cachepolicy String
306              Specifies the cache policy for a cache LV.  See lvmcache(7)  for
307              more information.
308
309       --cachesettings String
310              Specifies  tunable  kernel options for dm-cache or dm-writecache
311              LVs.  Use the form 'option=value' or 'option1=value option2=val‐
312              ue', or repeat --cachesettings for each option being set.  These
313              settings override the default kernel behaviors which are usually
314              adequate. To remove cachesettings and revert to the default ker‐
315              nel behaviors, use --cachesettings 'default' for dm-cache or  an
316              empty  string  --cachesettings  ''  for dm-writecache.  See lvm‐
317              cache(7) for more information.
318
319       --commandprofile String
320              The command profile  to  use  for  command  configuration.   See
321              lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
322
323       --compression y|n
324              Controls  whether compression is enabled or disable for VDO vol‐
325              ume.  See lvmvdo(7) for more information about VDO usage.
326
327       --config String
328              Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf(5) set‐
329              tings.   The  String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf(5), or
330              may use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5) for more informa‐
331              tion about config.
332
333       -C|--contiguous y|n
334              Sets  or  resets  the contiguous allocation policy for LVs.  De‐
335              fault is no contiguous allocation based on a next  free  princi‐
336              ple.   It is only possible to change a non-contiguous allocation
337              policy to contiguous if all of the allocated physical extents in
338              the LV are already contiguous.
339
340       -d|--debug ...
341              Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail
342              of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).
343
344       --deduplication y|n
345              Controls whether deduplication is enabled  or  disable  for  VDO
346              volume.  See lvmvdo(7) for more information about VDO usage.
347
348       --deltag Tag
349              Deletes  a  tag from a PV, VG or LV. This option can be repeated
350              to delete multiple tags at  once.  See  lvm(8)  for  information
351              about tags.
352
353       --detachprofile
354              Detaches  a  metadata  profile from a VG or LV.  See lvm.conf(5)
355              for more information about profiles.
356
357       --devices PV
358              Restricts the devices that are visible  and  accessible  to  the
359              command.  Devices not listed will appear to be missing. This op‐
360              tion can be repeated, or accepts a comma separated list  of  de‐
361              vices. This overrides the devices file.
362
363       --devicesfile String
364              A file listing devices that LVM should use.  The file must exist
365              in /etc/lvm/devices/ and is managed with the lvmdevices(8)  com‐
366              mand.   This  overrides  the lvm.conf(5) devices/devicesfile and
367              devices/use_devicesfile settings.
368
369       --discards passdown|nopassdown|ignore
370              Specifies how the device-mapper thin pool layer  in  the  kernel
371              should  handle  discards.  ignore causes the thin pool to ignore
372              discards.  nopassdown causes the thin pool to  process  discards
373              itself  to  allow  reuse  of  unneeded extents in the thin pool.
374              passdown causes the thin pool to process discards  itself  (like
375              nopassdown) and pass the discards to the underlying device.  See
376              lvmthin(7) for more information.
377
378       --driverloaded y|n
379              If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.
380              For testing and debugging.
381
382       --errorwhenfull y|n
383              Specifies thin pool behavior when data space is exhausted.  When
384              yes, device-mapper will immediately return an error when a  thin
385              pool  is  full  and an I/O request requires space.  When no, de‐
386              vice-mapper will queue these I/O requests for a period  of  time
387              to  allow  the thin pool to be extended.  Errors are returned if
388              no space is available after the timeout.  (Also see dm-thin-pool
389              kernel module option no_space_timeout.)  See lvmthin(7) for more
390              information.
391
392       -f|--force ...
393              Override various checks,  confirmations  and  protections.   Use
394              with extreme caution.
395
396       -h|--help
397              Display help text.
398
399       -K|--ignoreactivationskip
400              Ignore  the "activation skip" LV flag during activation to allow
401              LVs with the flag set to be activated.
402
403       --ignorelockingfailure
404              Allows a command to continue with read-only metadata  operations
405              after locking failures.
406
407       --ignoremonitoring
408              Do not interact with dmeventd unless --monitor is specified.  Do
409              not use this if dmeventd is already monitoring a device.
410
411       --journal String
412              Record information in the systemd journal.  This information  is
413              in  addition  to information enabled by the lvm.conf log/journal
414              setting.  command: record information about the  command.   out‐
415              put: record the default command output.  debug: record full com‐
416              mand debugging.
417
418       --lockopt String
419              Used to pass options for special cases to  lvmlockd.   See  lvm‐
420              lockd(8) for more information.
421
422       --longhelp
423              Display long help text.
424
425       -j|--major Number
426              Sets the major number of an LV block device.
427
428       --[raid]maxrecoveryrate Size[k|UNIT]
429              Sets the maximum recovery rate for a RAID LV.  The rate value is
430              an amount of data per second for each device in the array.  Set‐
431              ting  the  rate to 0 means it will be unbounded.  See lvmraid(7)
432              for more information.
433
434       --metadataprofile String
435              The metadata profile to  use  for  command  configuration.   See
436              lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
437
438       --minor Number
439              Sets the minor number of an LV block device.
440
441       --[raid]minrecoveryrate Size[k|UNIT]
442              Sets the minimum recovery rate for a RAID LV.  The rate value is
443              an amount of data per second for each device in the array.  Set‐
444              ting  the  rate to 0 means it will be unbounded.  See lvmraid(7)
445              for more information.
446
447       --monitor y|n
448              Start (yes)  or  stop  (no)  monitoring  an  LV  with  dmeventd.
449              dmeventd monitors kernel events for an LV, and performs automat‐
450              ed maintenance for the LV in reponse to  specific  events.   See
451              dmeventd(8) for more information.
452
453       --nohints
454              Do  not  use the hints file to locate devices for PVs. A command
455              may read more devices to find PVs when hints are not  used.  The
456              command will still perform standard hint file invalidation where
457              appropriate.
458
459       --nolocking
460              Disable locking. Use with caution, concurrent commands may  pro‐
461              duce incorrect results.
462
463       --noudevsync
464              Disables udev synchronisation. The process will not wait for no‐
465              tification from udev. It will continue irrespective of any  pos‐
466              sible  udev  processing in the background. Only use this if udev
467              is not running or has rules that ignore the devices LVM creates.
468
469       -P|--partial
470              Commands will do their best to activate LVs with missing PV  ex‐
471              tents.   Missing extents may be replaced with error or zero seg‐
472              ments according to the  missing_stripe_filler setting.  Metadata
473              may not be changed with this option.
474
475       -p|--permission rw|r
476              Set access permission to read only r or read and write rw.
477
478       -M|--persistent y|n
479              When yes, makes the specified minor number persistent.
480
481       --poll y|n
482              When  yes, start the background transformation of an LV.  An in‐
483              complete transformation, e.g. pvmove or lvconvert interrupted by
484              reboot  or crash, can be restarted from the last checkpoint with
485              --poll y.  When no, background transformation of an LV will  not
486              occur,  and  the transformation will not complete. It may not be
487              appropriate to immediately poll an LV after activation, in which
488              case  --poll n can be used to defer polling until a later --poll
489              y command.
490
491       --profile String
492              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on
493              the command.
494
495       -q|--quiet ...
496              Suppress  output  and log messages. Overrides --debug and --ver‐
497              bose.  Repeat once to also  suppress  any  prompts  with  answer
498              'no'.
499
500       -r|--readahead auto|none|Number
501              Sets  read  ahead  sector  count  of an LV.  auto is the default
502              which allows the kernel to choose a suitable value  automatical‐
503              ly.  none is equivalent to zero.
504
505       --readonly
506              Run  the command in a special read-only mode which will read on-
507              disk metadata without needing to take any  locks.  This  can  be
508              used  to  peek  inside  metadata used by a virtual machine image
509              while the virtual machine is running. No attempt will be made to
510              communicate with the device-mapper kernel driver, so this option
511              is unable to report whether or not LVs are actually in use.
512
513       --rebuild PV
514              Selects a PV to rebuild in a raid LV. Multiple PVs  can  be  re‐
515              built  by  repeating  this  option.  Use this option in place of
516              --resync or --syncaction repair when the PVs with corrupted data
517              are  known,  and  their data should be reconstructed rather than
518              reconstructing default (rotating) data.  See lvmraid(7) for more
519              information.
520
521       --refresh
522              If the LV is active, reload its metadata.  This is not necessary
523              in normal operation, but may be useful  if  something  has  gone
524              wrong, or if some form of manual LV sharing is being used.
525
526       --reportformat basic|json|json_std
527              Overrides  current  output  format  for reports which is defined
528              globally by the  report/output_format  setting  in  lvm.conf(5).
529              basic is the original format with columns and rows.  If there is
530              more than one report per command, each report is  prefixed  with
531              the  report name for identification. json produces report output
532              in JSON format. json_std produces report output in  JSON  format
533              which  is  more  compliant with JSON standard.  See lvmreport(7)
534              for more information.
535
536       --resync
537              Initiates mirror synchronization. Synchronization generally hap‐
538              pens  automatically, but this option forces it to run.  Also see
539              --rebuild to synchronize a specific PV.  During synchronization,
540              data  is  read  from the primary mirror device and copied to the
541              others. This can take considerable time, during which the LV  is
542              without  a  complete redundant copy of the data.  See lvmraid(7)
543              for more information.
544
545       -S|--select String
546              Select objects for processing and reporting based  on  specified
547              criteria.  The criteria syntax is described by --select help and
548              lvmreport(7).  For reporting commands, one row is displayed  for
549              each  object  matching the criteria.  See --options help for se‐
550              lectable object fields.  Rows can be displayed with an addition‐
551              al  "selected"  field (-o selected) showing 1 if the row matches
552              the selection and 0 otherwise.  For non-reporting commands which
553              process  LVM  entities, the selection is used to choose items to
554              process.
555
556       -k|--setactivationskip y|n
557              Persistently sets (yes) or clears  (no)  the  "activation  skip"
558              flag on an LV.  An LV with this flag set is not activated unless
559              the --ignoreactivationskip option is used by the activation com‐
560              mand.   This  flag  is  set by default on new thin snapshot LVs.
561              The flag is not applied to deactivation.  The current  value  of
562              the flag is indicated in the lvs lv_attr bits.
563
564       --setautoactivation y|n
565              Set  the  autoactivation  property  on  a VG or LV.  Display the
566              property with vgs or lvs "-o autoactivation".  When the  autoac‐
567              tivation property is disabled, the VG or LV will not be activat‐
568              ed by a command doing  autoactivation  (vgchange,  lvchange,  or
569              pvscan  using  -aay.)  If autoactivation is disabled on a VG, no
570              LVs will be autoactivated in that VG, and the LV  autoactivation
571              property  has  no effect.  If autoactivation is enabled on a VG,
572              autoactivation can be disabled for individual LVs.
573
574       --[raid]syncaction check|repair
575              Initiate different types of RAID synchronization.   This  causes
576              the  RAID LV to read all data and parity blocks in the array and
577              check for discrepancies (mismatches between mirrors or incorrect
578              parity values).  check will count but not correct discrepancies.
579              repair will correct discrepancies.   See  lvs(8)  for  reporting
580              discrepancies found or repaired.
581
582       --sysinit
583              Indicates  that  vgchange/lvchange  is  being invoked from early
584              system initialisation scripts (e.g. rc.sysinit  or  an  initrd),
585              before  writable  filesystems are available. As such, some func‐
586              tionality needs to be disabled and this option acts as a  short‐
587              cut which selects an appropriate set of options. Currently, this
588              is equivalent to using --ignorelockingfailure,  --ignoremonitor‐
589              ing,  --poll  n,  and setting env var LVM_SUPPRESS_LOCKING_FAIL‐
590              URE_MESSAGES.  vgchange/lvchange skip autoactivation, and  defer
591              to pvscan autoactivation.
592
593       -t|--test
594              Run  in  test  mode. Commands will not update metadata.  This is
595              implemented by disabling all metadata writing  but  nevertheless
596              returning  success to the calling function. This may lead to un‐
597              usual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool  relies
598              on reading back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't.
599
600       --vdosettings String
601              Specifies  tunable  VDO  options for VDO LVs.  Use the form 'op‐
602              tion=value'  or   'option1=value   option2=value',   or   repeat
603              --vdosettings  for  each option being set.  These settings over‐
604              ride the default VDO behaviors.  To remove vdosettings  and  re‐
605              vert  to the default VDO behaviors, use --vdosettings 'default'.
606              See lvmvdo(7) for more information.
607
608       -v|--verbose ...
609              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the  de‐
610              tail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
611
612       --version
613              Display version information.
614
615       --[raid]writebehind Number
616              The maximum number of outstanding writes that are allowed to de‐
617              vices in a RAID1 LV that is marked write-mostly.  Once this val‐
618              ue  is  exceeded,  writes become synchronous (i.e. all writes to
619              the constituent devices must complete before the  array  signals
620              the  write  has completed). Setting the value to zero clears the
621              preference and allows the system to choose the value  arbitrari‐
622              ly.
623
624       --[raid]writemostly PV[:t|n|y]
625              Mark a device in a RAID1 LV as write-mostly.  All reads to these
626              drives will be avoided unless absolutely necessary.  This  keeps
627              the number of I/Os to the drive to a minimum. The default behav‐
628              ior is to set the write-mostly attribute for the  specified  PV.
629              It  is  also  possible to remove the write-mostly flag by adding
630              the suffix :n at the end of the PV name, or to toggle the  value
631              with  the  suffix :t. Repeat this option to change the attribute
632              on multiple PVs.
633
634       -y|--yes
635              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but  always  assume
636              the  answer  yes.  Use with extreme caution.  (For automatic no,
637              see -qq.)
638
639       -Z|--zero y|n
640              Set zeroing mode for thin pool. Note: already provisioned blocks
641              from  pool  in  non-zero mode are not cleared in unwritten parts
642              when setting --zero y.
643

VARIABLES

645       VG     Volume Group name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.
646
647       LV     Logical Volume name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.  An  LV  posi‐
648              tional  arg  generally  includes  the  VG name and LV name, e.g.
649              VG/LV.  LV1 indicates the LV must have a  specific  type,  where
650              the  accepted  LV  types  are  listed.  (raid represents raid<N>
651              type).
652
653       Tag    Tag name.  See lvm(8) for information about tag names and  using
654              tags in place of a VG, LV or PV.
655
656       Select Select  indicates  that  a  required positional parameter can be
657              omitted if the --select option is used.  No arg appears in  this
658              position.
659
660       String See the option description for information about the string con‐
661              tent.
662
663       Size[UNIT]
664              Size is an input number that accepts an  optional  unit.   Input
665              units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capi‐
666              talization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to  1024.   The  default
667              input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.  UNIT rep‐
668              resents other possible input units: b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors
669              of  512  bytes,  k|K is KiB, m|M is MiB, g|G is GiB, t|T is TiB,
670              p|P is PiB, e|E is EiB.  (This should not be confused  with  the
671              output  control  --units, where capital letters mean multiple of
672              1000.)
673

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

675       See lvm(8) for information about environment  variables  used  by  lvm.
676       For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG
677       parameter.
678

EXAMPLES

680       Change LV permission to read-only:
681       lvchange -pr vg00/lvol1
682

SEE ALSO

684       lvm(8), lvm.conf(5), lvmconfig(8), lvmdevices(8),
685
686       pvchange(8), pvck(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), pvmove(8),
687       pvremove(8), pvresize(8), pvs(8), pvscan(8),
688
689       vgcfgbackup(8), vgcfgrestore(8), vgchange(8), vgck(8), vgcreate(8),
690       vgconvert(8), vgdisplay(8), vgexport(8), vgextend(8), vgimport(8),
691       vgimportclone(8), vgimportdevices(8), vgmerge(8), vgmknodes(8),
692       vgreduce(8), vgremove(8), vgrename(8), vgs(8), vgscan(8), vgsplit(8),
693
694       lvcreate(8), lvchange(8), lvconvert(8), lvdisplay(8), lvextend(8),
695       lvreduce(8), lvremove(8), lvrename(8), lvresize(8), lvs(8), lvscan(8),
696
697       lvm-fullreport(8), lvm-lvpoll(8), blkdeactivate(8), lvmdump(8),
698
699       dmeventd(8), lvmpolld(8), lvmlockd(8), lvmlockctl(8), cmirrord(8),
700       lvmdbusd(8), fsadm(8),
701
702       lvmsystemid(7), lvmreport(7), lvmraid(7), lvmthin(7), lvmcache(7)
703
704
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