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lvmdump — create lvm2 information dumps for diagnostic purposes

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)