Glossary of useful LVM and related commands
LVM, or Logical Volume Manager, is a feature in Linux which allows on-the-fly management of disk volumes and filesystems. Much more reliable than traditional pre-LVM methods of disk partitioning and formatting, LVM is flexible and can quickly aid in displaying disk and volume information as well as adding, changing or removing disks.
With this glossary from TechRepublic Premium you can learn about direct commands and those related to LVM operations.
From the glossary:
For each command listed, you can run the command followed by –help to get the full list of switches pertaining to the related functions.
lvchange: Change the attributes of an LV.
Available functions:
- Resynchronize a mirror or RAID LV.
- Resynchronize or check a RAID LV.
- Reconstruct data on the specific physical volumes of a RAID LV.
- Reconstruct data on specific PVs of a RAID LV.
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