LVM cheatsheet - lautturi.com

LVM cheatsheet
PV
- pvcreate
  Initialize physical volume(s) for use by LVM
- pvchange
  Activate or de-activate physical volume
- pvdisplay
  Display physical volume details
- pvmove
  Move data from one PV to another
- pvs
  Display information about physical volumes
VG
- vgcreate
  Create a volume group
- vgchange
  Change volume group attributes
- vgcfgbackup
  Backup volume group configuration(s)
- vgcfgrestore
  Restore volume group configuration
- vgdisplay
  Display volume group information
- vgextend
  Add physical volumes to a volume group
- vgexport
  Unregister volume group(s) from the system
- vgimport
  Register exported volume group with system
- vgreduce
  Remove physical volume(s) from a volume group
- vgremove
  Remove volume group(s)
- vgscan
  Search for all volume groups,Rebuild /etc/lvmtab file
- vgsplit
  Move physical volumes into a new or existing volume group
LV
- lvcreate
  Create a logical volume
- lvchange
  Change the attributes of logical volume(s)
- lvdisplay
  Display information about a logical volume
- lvextend
  Add space to a logical volume
- 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