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lvmdump [-a] [-c] [-d directory] [-h] [-l] [-m] [-p] [-s] [-u]

lvmdump is a tool to dump various information concerning LVM2. By default, it creates a tarball suitable for submission along with a problem report.

The content of the tarball is as follows:

• dmsetup info
• table of currently running processes
• recent entries from /var/log/messages (containing system messages)
• complete lvm configuration and cache (content of /etc/lvm)
• list of device nodes present under /dev
• list of files present /sys/block
• list of files present /sys/devices/virtual/block
• if enabled with -m, metadata dump will be also included
• if enabled with -a, debug output of vgscan, pvscan and list of all available volume groups, physical volumes and logical volumes will be included
• if enabled with -l, lvmetad state if running
• if enabled with -p, lvmpolld state if running
• if enabled with -s, system info and context
• if enabled with -u, udev info and context

-a

Advanced collection. WARNING: if lvm is already hung, then this script may hang as well if -a is used.

-d directory

Dump into a directory instead of tarball By default, lvmdump will produce a single compressed tarball containing all the information. Using this option, it can be instructed to only produce the raw dump tree, rooted in directory.

-h

Print help message

-l

Include lvmetad(8) daemon dump if it is running. The dump contains cached information that is currently stored in lvmetad: VG metadata, PV metadata and various mappings in between these metadata for quick access.

-m

Gather LVM metadata from the PVs This option generates a 1:1 dump of the metadata area from all PVs visible to the system, which can cause the dump to increase in size considerably. However, the metadata dump may represent a valuable diagnostic resource.

-p

Include lvmpolld(8) daemon dump if it is running. The dump contains all in-progress operation currently monitored by the daemon and partial history for all yet uncollected results of polling operations already finished including reason.

-s

Gather system info and context. Currently, this encompasses info gathered by calling lsblk command and various systemd info and context: overall state of systemd units present in the system, more detailed status of units controlling LVM functionality and the content of systemd journal for current boot.

-u

Gather udev info and context: /etc/udev/udev.conf file, udev daemon version (output of 'udevadm info --version' command), udev rules currently used in the system (content of /lib/udev/rules.d and /etc/udev/rules.d directory), list of files in /lib/udev directory and dump of current udev database content (the output of 'udevadm info --export-db' command).

LVM_BINARY

The LVM2 binary to use. Defaults to "lvm". Sometimes you might need to set this to "/usr/bin/lvm.static", for example.

DMSETUP_BINARY

The dmsetup binary to use. Defaults to "dmsetup".

lvm(8), lvmpolld(8),

udev(8), udevadm(8)

lvchange(8), lvconvert(8), lvcreate(8), lvdisplay(8), lvextend(8), lvm(8), lvmconfig(8), lvmdevices(8), lvmdiskscan(8), lvm-fullreport(8), lvm-lvpoll(8), lvreduce(8), lvremove(8), lvrename(8), lvresize(8), lvs(8), lvscan(8), pvchange(8), pvck(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), pvmove(8), pvremove(8), pvresize(8), pvs(8), pvscan(8), vgcfgbackup(8), vgcfgrestore(8), vgchange(8), vgck(8), vgconvert(8), vgcreate(8), vgdisplay(8), vgexport(8), vgextend(8), vgimport(8), vgimportclone(8), vgimportdevices(8), vgmerge(8), vgmknodes(8), vgreduce(8), vgremove(8), vgrename(8), vgs(8), vgscan(8), vgsplit(8).