E.3. Sample Metadata
The following shows an example of LVM volume group metadata for a volume group called
myvg
.
# Generated by LVM2: Tue Jan 30 16:28:15 2007 contents = "Text Format Volume Group" version = 1 description = "Created *before* executing 'lvextend -L+5G /dev/myvg/mylv /dev/sdc'" creation_host = "tng3-1" # Linux tng3-1 2.6.18-8.el5 #1 SMP Fri Jan 26 14:15:21 EST 2007 i686 creation_time = 1170196095 # Tue Jan 30 16:28:15 2007 myvg { id = "0zd3UT-wbYT-lDHq-lMPs-EjoE-0o18-wL28X4" seqno = 3 status = ["RESIZEABLE", "READ", "WRITE"] extent_size = 8192 # 4 Megabytes max_lv = 0 max_pv = 0 physical_volumes { pv0 { id = "ZBW5qW-dXF2-0bGw-ZCad-2RlV-phwu-1c1RFt" device = "/dev/sda" # Hint only status = ["ALLOCATABLE"] dev_size = 35964301 # 17.1491 Gigabytes pe_start = 384 pe_count = 4390 # 17.1484 Gigabytes } pv1 { id = "ZHEZJW-MR64-D3QM-Rv7V-Hxsa-zU24-wztY19" device = "/dev/sdb" # Hint only status = ["ALLOCATABLE"] dev_size = 35964301 # 17.1491 Gigabytes pe_start = 384 pe_count = 4390 # 17.1484 Gigabytes } pv2 { id = "wCoG4p-55Ui-9tbp-VTEA-jO6s-RAVx-UREW0G" device = "/dev/sdc" # Hint only status = ["ALLOCATABLE"] dev_size = 35964301 # 17.1491 Gigabytes pe_start = 384 pe_count = 4390 # 17.1484 Gigabytes } pv3 { id = "hGlUwi-zsBg-39FF-do88-pHxY-8XA2-9WKIiA" device = "/dev/sdd" # Hint only status = ["ALLOCATABLE"] dev_size = 35964301 # 17.1491 Gigabytes pe_start = 384 pe_count = 4390 # 17.1484 Gigabytes } } logical_volumes { mylv { id = "GhUYSF-qVM3-rzQo-a6D2-o0aV-LQet-Ur9OF9" status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"] segment_count = 2 segment1 { start_extent = 0 extent_count = 1280 # 5 Gigabytes type = "striped" stripe_count = 1 # linear stripes = [ "pv0", 0 ] } segment2 { start_extent = 1280 extent_count = 1280 # 5 Gigabytes type = "striped" stripe_count = 1 # linear stripes = [ "pv1", 0 ] } } } }