1LVDISPLAY(8) System Manager's Manual LVDISPLAY(8)
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6 lvdisplay - display attributes of a logical volume
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9 lvdisplay [-c/--colon] [-d/--debug] [-h/-?/--help] [--ignorelocking‐
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14 lvdisplay allows you to see the attributes of a logical volume like
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17 lvs (8) is an alternative that provides the same information in the
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23 -c, --colon
24 Generate colon separated output for easier parsing in scripts or
25 programs. N.B. lvs (8) provides considerably more control over
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30 * logical volume name
31 * volume group name
32 * logical volume access
33 * logical volume status
34 * internal logical volume number
35 * open count of logical volume
36 * logical volume size in kilobytes
37 * current logical extents associated to logical volume
38 * allocated logical extents of logical volume
39 * allocation policy of logical volume
40 * read ahead sectors of logical volume
41 * major device number of logical volume
42 * minor device number of logical volume
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46 Display the mapping of logical extents to physical volumes and
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50 "lvdisplay -v /dev/vg00/lvol2" shows attributes of that logical volume.
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52 volume, this command shows a list of all snapshot logical volumes and
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55 "lvdisplay /dev/vg00/snapshot" shows the attributes of this snapshot
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