.TH LVMDUMP 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Red Hat, Inc."
.SH NAME
lvmdump - create lvm2 information dumps for diagnostic purposes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lvmdump
.RB [ \-a ]
.RB [ \-c ]
.RB [ \-d
.IR directory ]
.RB [ \-h ]
.RB [ \-m ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
lvmdump is a tool to dump various information concerning LVM2.
By default, it creates a tarball suitable for submission along
with a problem report.
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The content of the tarball is as follows:
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- dmsetup info
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- table of currently running processes
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- recent entries from /var/log/messages (containing system messages)
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- complete lvm configuration and cache (content of /etc/lvm)
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- list of device nodes present under /dev
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- list of files present /sys/block
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- list of files present /sys/devices/virtual/block
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- if enabled with \-m, metadata dump will be also included
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- if enabled with \-a, debug output of vgscan, pvscan and list of all available volume groups, physical volumes and logical volumes will be included
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- if enabled with \-c, cluster status info
.SH OPTIONS
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.B \-a
Advanced collection.
\fBWARNING\fR: if lvm is already hung, then this script may hang as well
if \fB\-a\fR is used.
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.B \-c
If clvmd is running, gather cluster data as well.
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.B \-d  \fIdirectory
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 \fIdirectory\fP.
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.B \-h
Print help message
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.B \-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.
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.TP
\fBLVM_BINARY\fP
The LVM2 binary to use.
Defaults to "lvm".
Sometimes you might need to set this to "/sbin/lvm.static", for example.
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\fBDMSETUP_BINARY\fP
The dmsetup binary to use.
Defaults to "dmsetup".
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8)