Permit --available with lvcreate so non-snapshot LVs need not be activated.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/man/lvcreate.8.in b/man/lvcreate.8.in
index 0d0976ff..4dced001 100644
--- a/man/lvcreate.8.in
+++ b/man/lvcreate.8.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ lvcreate \- create a logical volume in an existing volume group
 .B lvcreate
 [\-\-addtag Tag]
 [\-\-alloc AllocationPolicy]
+[\-a|\-\-available y|n|ey|en|ly|ln]
 [\-A|\-\-autobackup y|n] [\-C|\-\-contiguous y|n] [\-d|\-\-debug]
 [\-h|\-?|\-\-help] [\-\-noudevsync]
 [\-\-ignoremonitoring]
@@ -55,6 +56,18 @@ keep the contents of the original logical volume for backup purposes.
 .SH OPTIONS
 See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
 .TP
+.I \-a, \-\-available y|n|ey|en|ly|ln
+Controls the availability of the Logical Volumes for immediate use after 
+the command finishes running.
+By default, new Logical Volumes are activated automatically (-ay).
+If it is possible technically, -an will leave the new Logical Volume inactive.
+But for example, snapshots can only be created
+in the active state so -an cannot be used with --snapshot.
+Normally the --zero n argument has to be supplied too because zeroing (the
+default behaviour) also requires activation.
+If clustered locking is enabled, -aey will activate exclusively
+on one node and -aly will activate only on the local node.
+.TP
 .I \-c, \-\-chunksize ChunkSize
 Power of 2 chunk size for the snapshot logical volume between 4k and 512k.
 .TP