The following commands can be found by issuing lvm help at a command prompt.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| dumpconfig | Dump the active configuration |
| formats | List the available metadata formats |
| help | Display the help commands |
| lvchange | Change the attributes of logical volume(s) |
| lvcreate | Create a logical volume |
| lvdisplay | Display information about a logical volume |
| lvextend | Add space to a logical volume |
| lvmchange | Due to use of the device mapper, this command has been deprecated |
| lvmdiskscan | List devices that may be used as physical volumes |
| lvmsadc | Collect activity data |
| lvmsar | Create activity report |
| 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 |
| pvchange | Change attributes of physical volume(s) |
| pvcreate | Initialize physical volume(s) for use by LVM |
| pvdata | Display the on-disk metadata for physical volume(s) |
| pvdisplay | Display various attributes of physical volume(s) |
| pvmove | Move extents from one physical volume to another |
| pvremove | Remove LVM label(s) from physical volume(s) |
| pvresize | Resize a physical volume in use by a volume group |
| pvs | Display information about physical volumes |
| pvscan | List all physical volumes |
| segtypes | List available segment types |
| vgcfgbackup | Backup volume group configuration |
| vgcfgrestore | Restore volume group configuration |
| vgchange | Change volume group attributes |
| vgck | Check the consistency of a volume group |
| vgconvert | Change volume group metadata format |
| vgcreate | Create a volume group |
| vgdisplay | Display volume group information |
| vgexport | Unregister a volume group from the system |
| vgextend | Add physical volumes to a volume group |
| vgimport | Register exported volume group with system |
| vgmerge | Merge volume groups |
| vgmknodes | Create the special files for volume group devices in /dev/ |
| vgreduce | Remove a physical volume from a volume group |
| vgremove | Remove a volume group |
| vgrename | Rename a volume group |
| vgs | Display information about volume groups |
| vgscan | Search for all volume groups |
| vgsplit | Move physical volumes into a new volume group |
| version | Display software and driver version information |
Table 12-2. LVM commands