Linux "lvmdump" Command Line Options and Examples

create lvm2 information dumps for diagnostic purposes

lvmdump is a tool to dump various information concerning LVM2. By default, it creates a tarball suitable for submission along with a problem report.

Usage:

lvmdump [-a] [-c] [-d directory] [-h] [-l] [-m] [-p] [-s] [-u]

Command Line Options:

-a

Advanced collection. WARNING: if lvm is already hung, then this script may hang as well if -a is used.


                            lvmdump -a ...

-c

gather cluster data as well.


                            lvmdump -c ...

-d

Dump into a directory instead of tarball By default, lvmdump will produce a single compressed tarball containing all theinformation. Using this option, it can be instructed to only produce the raw dump tree, rooted in directory.


                            lvmdump -d ...

-h

Print help message


                            lvmdump -h ...