From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8774 invoked by alias); 11 Jan 2008 19:24:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 8759 invoked by uid 9657); 11 Jan 2008 19:24:25 -0000 Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:24:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20080111192425.8757.qmail@sourceware.org> From: wysochanski@sourceware.org To: lvm-devel@redhat.com, lvm2-cvs@sourceware.org Subject: LVM2/man lvm.8 Mailing-List: contact lvm2-cvs-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: lvm2-cvs-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-01/txt/msg00018.txt.bz2 CVSROOT: /cvs/lvm2 Module name: LVM2 Changes by: wysochanski@sourceware.org 2008-01-11 19:24:25 Modified files: man : lvm.8 Log message: Update lvm man page to enumerate lvm tools. Patches: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/lvm.8.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.10&r2=1.11 --- LVM2/man/lvm.8 2007/03/30 21:00:25 1.10 +++ LVM2/man/lvm.8 2008/01/11 19:24:25 1.11 @@ -50,8 +50,94 @@ .TP \fBversion\fP \(em Display version information. .LP -The following commands are not implemented in LVM2 but might be -in future: lvmsadc, lvmsar, pvdata, pvresize. +.SH COMMANDS +The following commands implement the core LVM functionality. +.TP +\fBpvchange\fP \(em Change attributes of a physical volume. +.TP +\fBpvck\fP \(em Check physical volume metadata. +.TP +\fBpvcreate\fP \(em Initialize a disk or partition for use by LVM. +.TP +\fBpvdisplay\fP \(em Display attributes of a physical volume. +.TP +\fBpvmove\fP \(em Move physical extents. +.TP +\fBpvremove\fP \(em Remove a physical volume. +.TP +\fBpvresize\fP \(em Resize a disk or partition in use by LVM2. +.TP +\fBpvresize\fP \(em Resize a disk or partition in use by LVM2. +.TP +\fBpvs\fP \(em Report information about physical volumes. +.TP +\fBpvscan\fP \(em Scan all disks for physical volumes. +.TP +\fBvgcfgbackup\fP \(em Backup volume group descriptor area. +.TP +\fBvgcfgrestore\fP \(em Restore volume group descriptor area. +.TP +\fBvgchange\fP \(em Change attributes of a volume group. +.TP +\fBvgck\fP \(em Check volume group metadata. +.TP +\fBvgconvert\fP \(em Convert volume group metadata format. +.TP +\fBvgcreate\fP \(em Create a volume group. +.TP +\fBvgdisplay\fP \(em Display attributes of volume groups. +.TP +\fBvgexport\fP \(em Make volume groups unknown to the system. +.TP +\fBvgextend\fP \(em Add physical volumes to a volume group. +.TP +\fBvgimport\fP \(em Make exported volume groups known to the system. +.TP +\fBvgmerge\fP \(em Merge two volume groups. +.TP +\fBvgmknodes\fP \(em Recreate volume group directory and logical volume special files +.TP +\fBvgreduce\fP \(em Reduce a volume group by removing one or more physical volumes. +.TP +\fBvgremove\fP \(em Remove a volume group. +.TP +\fBvgrename\fP \(em Rename a volume group. +.TP +\fBvgs\fP \(em Report information about volume groups. +.TP +\fBvgscan\fP \(em Scan all disks for volume groups and rebuild caches. +.TP +\fBvgsplit\fP \(em Split a volume group into two, moving any logical volumes from one volume group to another by moving entire physical volumes. +.TP +\fBlvchange\fP \(em Change attributes of a logical volume. +.TP +\fBlvconvert\fP \(em Convert a logical volume from linear to mirror or snapshot. +.TP +\fBlvcreate\fP \(em Create a logical volume in an existing volume group. +.TP +\fBlvdisplay\fP \(em Display attributes of a logical volume. +.TP +\fBlvextend\fP \(em Extend the size of a logical volume. +.TP +\fBlvmchange\fP \(em Change attributes of the logical volume manager. +.TP +\fBlvmdiskscan\fP \(em Scan for all devices visible to LVM2. +.TP +\fBlvmdump\fP \(em Create lvm2 information dumps for diagnostic purposes. +.TP +\fBlvreduce\fP \(em Reduce the size of a logical volume. +.TP +\fBlvremove\fP \(em Remove a logical volume. +.TP +\fBlvrename\fP \(em Rename a logical volume. +.TP +\fBlvresize\fP \(em Resize a logical volume. +.TP +\fBlvs\fP \(em Report information about logical volumes. +.TP +\fBlvscan\fP \(em Scan (all disks) for logical volumes. +.TP +The following commands are not implemented in LVM2 but might be in the future: lvmsadc, lvmsar, pvdata, pvresize. .SH OPTIONS The following options are available for many of the commands. They are implemented generically and documented here rather