Change a general LV attribute.
For options listed in parentheses, any one is
required, after which the others are optional.
lvchange
( -C
|--contiguous y
|n
-p
|--permission rw
|r
-r
|--readahead auto
|none
|Number
-k
|--setactivationskip y
|n
-Z
|--zero y
|n
-M
|--persistent n
--addtag
Tag
--deltag
Tag
--alloc contiguous
|cling
|cling_by_tags
|normal
|anywhere
|
inherit
--compression y
|n
--deduplication y
|n
--detachprofile
--metadataprofile
String
--profile
String
--setautoactivation y
|n
--errorwhenfull y
|n
--discards passdown
|nopassdown
|ignore
--cachemode writethrough
|writeback
|passthrough
--cachepolicy
String
--cachesettings
String
--
[raid
]minrecoveryrate
Size[k|UNIT]
--
[raid
]maxrecoveryrate
Size[k|UNIT]
--
[raid
]writebehind
Number
--
[raid
]writemostly
PV[:t
|n
|y
] )
VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
[ -a
|--activate y
|n
|ay
]
[ --poll y
|n
]
[ --monitor y
|n
]
[ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
—
Resyncronize a mirror or raid LV.
Use to reset 'R' attribute on a not initially synchronized LV.
lvchange --resync
VG|LV1|Tag|Select ...
[ -a
|--activate y
|n
|ay
]
[ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
LV1 types: mirror raid
—
Resynchronize or check a raid LV.
lvchange --syncaction check
|repair
VG|LV1|Tag|Select ...
[ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
LV1 types: raid
—
Reconstruct data on specific PVs of a raid LV.
lvchange --rebuild
PV VG|LV1|Tag|Select ...
[ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
LV1 types: raid
—
Activate or deactivate an LV.
lvchange -a
|--activate y
|n
|ay
VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
[ -P
|--partial
]
[ -K
|--ignoreactivationskip
]
[ --activationmode partial
|degraded
|complete
]
[ --poll y
|n
]
[ --monitor y
|n
]
[ --ignorelockingfailure
]
[ --sysinit
]
[ --readonly
]
[ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
—
Reactivate an LV using the latest metadata.
lvchange --refresh
VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
[ -P
|--partial
]
[ --activationmode partial
|degraded
|complete
]
[ --poll y
|n
]
[ --monitor y
|n
]
[ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
—
Start or stop monitoring an LV from dmeventd.
lvchange --monitor y
|n
VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
[ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
—
Start or stop processing an LV conversion.
lvchange --poll y
|n
VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
[ --monitor y
|n
]
[ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
—
Make the minor device number persistent for an LV.
lvchange -M
|--persistent y --minor
Number LV
[ -j
|--major
Number ]
[ -a
|--activate y
|n
|ay
]
[ --poll y
|n
]
[ --monitor y
|n
]
[ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
—
Common options for command:
[ -A
|--autobackup y
|n
]
[ -f
|--force
]
[ -S
|--select
String ]
[ --ignoremonitoring
]
[ --noudevsync
]
[ --reportformat basic
|json
]
Common options for lvm:
[ -d
|--debug
]
[ -h
|--help
]
[ -q
|--quiet
]
[ -t
|--test
]
[ -v
|--verbose
]
[ -y
|--yes
]
[ --commandprofile
String ]
[ --config
String ]
[ --devices
PV ]
[ --devicesfile
String ]
[ --driverloaded y
|n
]
[ --lockopt
String ]
[ --longhelp
]
[ --nolocking
]
[ --profile
String ]
[ --version
]