8.2. LVM Partition Management
The following commands can be found by issuing
lvm help at a command prompt.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
dumpconfig | Dump the active configuration |
formats | List the available metadata formats |
help | Display the help commands |
lvchange | Change the attributes of logical volume(s) |
lvcreate | Create a logical volume |
lvdisplay | Display information about a logical volume |
lvextend | Add space to a logical volume |
lvmchange | Due to use of the device mapper, this command has been deprecated |
lvmdiskscan | List devices that may be used as physical volumes |
lvmsadc | Collect activity data |
lvmsar | Create activity report |
lvreduce | Reduce the size of a logical volume |
lvremove | Remove logical volume(s) from the system |
lvrename | Rename a logical volume |
lvresize | Resize a logical volume |
lvs | Display information about logical volumes |
lvscan | List all logical volumes in all volume groups |
pvchange | Change attributes of physical volume(s) |
pvcreate | Initialize physical volume(s) for use by LVM |
pvdata | Display the on-disk metadata for physical volume(s) |
pvdisplay | Display various attributes of physical volume(s) |
pvmove | Move extents from one physical volume to another |
pvremove | Remove LVM label(s) from physical volume(s) |
pvresize | Resize a physical volume in use by a volume group |
pvs | Display information about physical volumes |
pvscan | List all physical volumes |
segtypes | List available segment types |
vgcfgbackup | Backup volume group configuration |
vgcfgrestore | Restore volume group configuration |
vgchange | Change volume group attributes |
vgck | Check the consistency of a volume group |
vgconvert | Change volume group metadata format |
vgcreate | Create a volume group |
vgdisplay | Display volume group information |
vgexport | Unregister a volume group from the system |
vgextend | Add physical volumes to a volume group |
vgimport | Register exported volume group with system |
vgmerge | Merge volume groups |
vgmknodes | Create the special files for volume group devices in /dev/ |
vgreduce | Remove a physical volume from a volume group |
vgremove | Remove a volume group |
vgrename | Rename a volume group |
vgs | Display information about volume groups |
vgscan | Search for all volume groups |
vgsplit | Move physical volumes into a new volume group |
version | Display software and driver version information |
