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LVS(8)                      System Manager's Manual                     LVS(8)

NAME
       lvs - report information about logical volumes

SYNOPSIS
       lvs  [--aligned]  [-a|--all] [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [--ignorelock-
       ingfailure] [--nameprefixes] [--noheadings] [--nosuffix]  [-o|--options
       [+]Field[,Field]]  [-O|--sort  [+|-]Key1[,[+|-]Key2[,...]]]  [-P|--par-
       tial]  [--rows]  [--separator  Separator]  [--segments]  [--unbuffered]
       [--units  hHbBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE]  [--unquoted]  [-v|--verbose] [--version]
       [VolumeGroupName [VolumeGroupName...]]

DESCRIPTION
       lvs produces formatted output about logical volumes.

OPTIONS
       See lvm(8) for common options.

       --aligned
              Use with --separator to align the output columns.

       --all  Include information in the output about internal Logical Volumes
              that are components of normally-accessible Logical Volumes, such
              as mirrors, but which are not independently accessible (e.g. not
              mountable).   The  names  of  such  Logical Volumes are enclosed
              within square brackets in the output.  For example, after creat-
              ing  a  mirror using lvcreate -m1 --mirrorlog disk , this option
              will reveal three internal Logical Volumes, with  suffixes  mim-
              age_0, mimage_1, and mlog.

       --nameprefixes
              Add an "LVM2_" prefix plus the field name to the output.  Useful
              with --noheadings to produce a list of  field=value  pairs  that
              can  be  used  to  set  environment  variables  (for example, in
              udev(7) rules).

       --noheadings
              Suppress the headings line that is normally the  first  line  of
              output.  Useful if grepping the output.

       --nosuffix
              Suppress the suffix on output sizes.  Use with --units (except h
              and H) if processing the output.

       -o, --options
              Comma-separated ordered list of columns.  Precede the list  with
              '+'  to  append  to  the default selection of columns instead of
              replacing it.

              Use -o lv_all to select  all  logical  volume  columns,  and  -o
              seg_all to select all logical volume segment columns.

              Use -o help to view the full list of columns available.

              Column  names  include:  chunk_size,  convert_lv,  copy_percent,
              data_lv, devices, discards, lv_attr,  lv_host,  lv_kernel_major,
              lv_kernel_minor,   lv_kernel_read_ahead,   lv_major,   lv_minor,
              lv_name,  lv_path,  lv_read_ahead,  lv_size,  lv_tags,  lv_time,
              lv_uuid, metadata_lv, mirror_log, modules, move_pv, origin, ori-
              gin_size,    pool_lv,    region_size,    segtype,     seg_count,
              seg_pe_ranges,   seg_size,  seg_start,  seg_start_pe,  seg_tags,
              snap_percent, stripes, stripe_size, thin_count,  transaction_id,
              zero.

              With --segments, any "seg_" prefixes are optional; otherwise any
              "lv_" prefixes are optional. Columns  mentioned  in  vgs(8)  can
              also be chosen.

              The lv_attr bits are:

              1  Volume  type:  (m)irrored,  (M)irrored  without initial sync,
                 (o)rigin, (O)rigin  with  merging  snapshot,  (r)aid,  (R)aid
                 without   initial   sync,   (s)napshot,  merging  (S)napshot,
                 (p)vmove, (v)irtual, mirror or raid (i)mage, mirror  or  raid
                 (I)mage out-of-sync, mirror (l)og device, under (c)onversion,
                 thin (V)olume, (t)hin pool, (T)hin pool data,  raid  or  thin
                 pool m(e)tadata

              2  Permissions: (w)riteable, (r)ead-only, (R)ead-only activation
                 of non-read-only volume

              3  Allocation policy:   (a)nywhere,  (c)ontiguous,  (i)nherited,
                 c(l)ing,  (n)ormal  This is capitalised if the volume is cur-
                 rently locked against allocation changes, for example  during
                 pvmove(8).

              4  fixed (m)inor

              5  State:  (a)ctive,  (s)uspended,  (I)nvalid  snapshot, invalid
                 (S)uspended  snapshot,  snapshot  (m)erge  failed,  suspended
                 snapshot  (M)erge  failed,  mapped  (d)evice  present without
                 tables, mapped device present with (i)nactive table

              6  device (o)pen

              7  Target type: (m)irror, (r)aid, (s)napshot, (t)hin, (u)nknown,
                 (v)irtual.   This  groups logical volumes related to the same
                 kernel target together.  So, for example, mirror images, mir-
                 ror  logs as well as mirrors themselves appear as (m) if they
                 use the original device-mapper mirror kernel driver;  whereas
                 the  raid  equivalents  using  the  md raid kernel driver all
                 appear as (r).  Snapshots using  the  original  device-mapper
                 driver appear as (s); whereas snapshots of thin volumes using
                 the new thin provisioning driver appear as (t).

              8  Newly-allocated data blocks are overwritten  with  blocks  of
                 (z)eroes before use.

              9  (p)artial:  One  or more of the Physical Volumes this Logical
                 Volume uses is missing from the system.

       -O, --sort
              Comma-separated ordered list of columns to  sort  by.   Replaces
              the default selection. Precede any column with '-' for a reverse
              sort on that column.

       --rows Output columns as rows.

       --segments
              Use default columns that emphasize segment information.

       --separator Separator
              String to use to separate each column.  Useful if  grepping  the
              output.

       --unbuffered
              Produce  output immediately without sorting or aligning the col-
              umns properly.

       --units hHbBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE
              All sizes are output in these units: (h)uman-readable,  (b)ytes,
              (s)ectors,  (k)ilobytes,  (m)egabytes, (g)igabytes, (t)erabytes,
              (p)etabytes, (e)xabytes.  Capitalise to use  multiples  of  1000
              (S.I.)  instead  of  1024.   Can  also specify custom units e.g.
              --units 3M

       --unquoted
              When used with --nameprefixes, output values in the  field=value
              pairs are not quoted.

SEE ALSO
       lvm(8), lvdisplay(8), pvs(8), vgs(8)

Sistina Software UK    LVM TOOLS 2.02.98(2) (2012-10-15)                LVS(8)

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