lvm-categories - Man Page
LVM command categories
Description
This page provides categorized list of LVM manual pages.
Categories
Core Commands
- lvm
LVM tools
Builtin Commands
- config
Display and manipulate configuration information
- devtypes
Display recognised built-in block device types
- dumpconfig
Display and manipulate configuration information
- formats
List available metadata formats
- fullreport
Display full report
- help
Display help for commands
- lastlog
Display last command's log report
- lvpoll
Continue already initiated poll operation on a logical volume
- segtypes
List available segment types
- systemid
Display the system ID, if any, currently set on this host
- tags
List tags defined on this host
- version
Display software and driver version information
Concepts
- lvmautoactivation
LVM autoactivation
- lvmcache
LVM caching
- lvmraid
LVM RAID
- lvmreport
LVM reporting and related features
- lvmsystemid
LVM system ID
- lvmthin
LVM thin provisioning
- lvmvdo
Support for Virtual Data Optimizer in LVM
Configuration
- lvm.conf
Configuration file for LVM2
- lvmconfig
Display and manipulate configuration information
Devices File Management
- lvmdevices
Manage the devices file
- vgimportdevices
Add devices for a VG to the devices file.
Physical Volume Commands
- pvchange
Change attributes of physical volume(s)
- pvcreate
Initialize physical volume(s) for use by LVM
- pvmove
Move extents from one physical volume to another
- pvremove
Remove LVM label(s) from physical volume(s)
- pvresize
Resize physical volume(s)
Volume Group Commands
- vgcfgbackup
Backup volume group configuration(s)
- vgcfgrestore
Restore volume group configuration
- vgchange
Change volume group attributes
- vgconvert
Change volume group metadata format
- vgcreate
Create a volume group
- vgexport
Unregister volume group(s) from the system
- vgextend
Add physical volumes to a volume group
- vgimport
Register exported volume group with system
- vgimportclone
Import a VG from cloned PVs
- vgmerge
Merge volume groups
- vgmknodes
Create the special files for volume group devices in /dev
- vgreduce
Remove physical volume(s) from a volume group
- vgremove
Remove volume group(s)
- vgrename
Rename a volume group
- vgsplit
Move physical volumes into a new or existing volume group
Logical Volume Commands
- lvchange
Change the attributes of logical volume(s)
- lvconvert
Change logical volume layout
- lvcreate
Create a logical volume
- lvextend
Add space to a logical volume
- 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
Reporting Commands
- lvdisplay
Display information about a logical volume
- lvs
Display information about logical volumes
- pvdisplay
Display various attributes of physical volume(s)
- pvs
Display information about physical volumes
- vgdisplay
Display volume group information
- vgs
Display information about volume groups
Scanning Commands
- lvmdiskscan
List devices that may be used as physical volumes
- lvscan
List all logical volumes in all volume groups
- pvscan
List all physical volumes
- vgscan
Search for all volume groups
Check Commands
- pvck
Check metadata on physical volumes
- vgck
Check the consistency of volume group(s)
Daemons
- dmeventd
Device-mapper event daemon
- dmfilemapd
Device-mapper filemap monitoring daemon
- lvmdbusd
LVM D-Bus daemon
- lvmlockd
LVM locking daemon
- lvmpolld
LVM poll daemon
Utility Commands
- blkdeactivate
Utility to deactivate block devices
- fsadm
Utility to resize or check filesystem on a device
- lvm_import_vdo
Utility to import VDO volumes into a new volume group
- lvmdump
Create lvm2 information dumps for diagnostic purposes
- lvmlockctl
Control for lvmlockd
- lvmpersist
Manage persistent reservations on a group of block devices
Device-Mapper Commands
- dmsetup
Low level logical volume management
- dmstats
Device-mapper statistics management
Obsolete
- lvmsadc
LVM system activity data collector
- lvmsar
LVM system activity reporter