LVM Partition Management
The following commands can be found by issuing lvm help at a command prompt.
Table 7.2. LVM commands
| 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 |