.TH LVMETAD 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Red Hat Inc" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
lvmetad \- LVM metadata cache daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lvmetad
.RB [ \-d ]
.RB [ \-s ]
.RB [ \-f ]
.RB [ \-h ]
.RB [ \-V ]
.RB [ \-? ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
lvmetad is a metadata caching daemon for LVM. The daemon receives notifications
from udev rules (which must be installed for LVM to work correctly when lvmetad
is in use). Through these notifications, lvmetad has an up-to-date and
consistent image of the volume groups available in the system.

By default, lvmetad, even if running, is not used by LVM. See \fBlvm.conf\fP(5).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-d
Repeat from 1 to 3 times (-d, -dd, -ddd) to increase the detail of
debug messages sent to syslog.
Each extra d adds more debugging information.
.TP
.B \-f
Don't fork, run in the foreground.
.TP
.BR \-h ", " \-?
Show help information.
.TP
.B \-s
Path to the socket file to use. The option overrides both the built-in default
(#DEFAULT_RUN_DIR#/lvmetad.socket) and the environment variable
LVM_LVMETAD_SOCKET.
.TP
.B \-V
Show version of dmeventd.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8),
.BR lvm.conf (5)