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LVM.CONF(5)							   LVM.CONF(5)

NAME
       lvm.conf - Configuration file for LVM2

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/lvm/lvm.conf

DESCRIPTION
       lvm.conf	 is  loaded  during  the initialisation phase of lvm(8).  This
       file can in turn lead to other files being loaded -  settings  read  in
       later  override	earlier settings.  File timestamps are checked between
       commands and if any have changed, all the files are reloaded.

       The settings defined in lvm.conf can be	overridden  by	any  of	 these
       extended configuration methods:

       tag config
	      See tags configuration setting description below.

       profile config
	      A	 profile  is a set of selected customizable configuration set‐
	      tings that are aimed to achieve  a  certain  characteristics  in
	      various  environments or uses. Normally, the name of the profile
	      should reflect that environment or use.

	      LVM itself provides a  few  predefined  configuration  profiles.
	      Users  are allowed to add more profiles with different values if
	      needed.  For this purpose,  there's  the	default.profile	 which
	      contains	all  settings that are customizable by profiles. Users
	      are encouraged to copy this  default  profile  and  edit	it  as
	      needed.  Alternatively,  the  lvm	 dumpconfig  --file  <Profile‐
	      Name.profile> --type profilable <section> can be used to	gener‐
	      ate  a  configuration with profilable settings for given section
	      and save it to new ProfileName.profile (if the  section  is  not
	      specified, all profilable settings are reported).

	      The   profiles  are  stored  in  /etc/lvm/profile	 directory  by
	      default.	This location can be  changed  using  the  config/pro‐
	      file_dir	setting.  Each profile configuration is stored in Pro‐
	      fileName.profile file in the profile directory. When referencing
	      the profile, the .profile suffix is left out.

	      The profile to use can be defined for each LVM command using the
	      --profile ProfileName command line option. When using a  profile
	      while creating Volume Groups or Logical Volumes, the ProfileName
	      is stored in Volume Group	 metadata.  When  using	 such  volumes
	      later  on,  the  profile is automatically loaded and applied. If
	      Volume Group and any of its Logical Volumes have different  pro‐
	      files  defined,  the  profile  defined for the Logical Volume is
	      used. Profiles attached to Volume Groups or Logical Volumes  can
	      be  changed  or  detached	 using the vgchange(8) and lvchange(8)
	      commands with --profile ProfileName or --detachprofile  options.
	      For  any	other  LVM  command,  the --profile ProfileName option
	      causes the profile to be applied	only  temporarily  during  the
	      command  execution for any existing Volume Group or Logical Vol‐
	      ume.

	      The vgs and lvs reporting commands provide -o vg_profile and  -o
	      lv_profile output options to show the profile currently attached
	      to a Volume Group or a Logical Volume.

       direct config override on command line
	      The --config ConfigurationString command line option  takes  the
	      ConfigurationString  as direct string representation of the con‐
	      figuration to override the existing configuration. The  Configu‐
	      rationString  is	of  exactly the same format as used in any LVM
	      configuration file.

       When several configuration methods are used at the same time  and  when
       LVM looks for the value of a particular setting, it traverses this con‐
       fig cascade from left to right: direct config override on command  line
       ->  profile  config -> tag config -> lvm.conf.  No part of this cascade
       is compulsory. If there's no setting value found at the end of the cas‐
       cade,  a default value is used for that setting.	 Use lvm dumpconfig to
       check what settings are in use and what the default values are.

SYNTAX
       This section describes the configuration file syntax.

       Whitespace is not significant unless it is within  quotes.   This  pro‐
       vides  a	 wide choice of acceptable indentation styles.	Comments begin
       with # and continue to the end of the line.  They are treated as white‐
       space.

       Here is an informal grammar:

       file = value*
	      A configuration file consists of a set of values.

       value = section | assignment
	      A value can either be a new section, or an assignment.

       section = identifier '{' value* '}'
	      A section is groups associated values together.
	      It is denoted by a name and delimited by curly brackets.
	      e.g. backup {
			...
		   }

       assignment = identifier '=' ( array | type )
	      An assignment associates a type with an identifier.
	      e.g. level = 7

       array =	'[' ( type ',')* type ']' | '[' ']'
	      Inhomogeneous arrays are supported.
	      Elements must be separated by commas.
	      An empty array is acceptable.

       type = integer | float | string
	      integer = [0-9]*
	      float = [0-9]*'.'[0-9]*
	      string = '"'.*'"'

	      Strings must be enclosed in double quotes.

SECTIONS
       The sections that may be present in the file are:

       devices — Device settings

	      dir  —  Directory	 in which to create volume group device nodes.
	      Defaults to "/dev".  Commands also accept this as	 a  prefix  on
	      volume group names.

	      scan  — List of directories to scan recursively for LVM physical
	      volumes.	Devices in directories outside this hierarchy will  be
	      ignored.	Defaults to "/dev".

	      preferred_names  — List of patterns compared in turn against all
	      the pathnames referencing the same  device  in  in  the  scanned
	      directories.   The pathname that matches the earliest pattern in
	      the list is the one used in  any	output.	  As  an  example,  if
	      device-mapper  multipathing  is  used, the following will select
	      multipath device names:
	      devices { preferred_names = [ "^/dev/mapper/mpath" ] }

	      filter — List of patterns to apply to devices found by  a	 scan.
	      Patterns	are regular expressions delimited by any character and
	      preceded by a (for accept) or r (for reject).  The list is  tra‐
	      versed  in order, and the first regex that matches determines if
	      the device will be accepted or rejected (ignored).  Devices that
	      don't  match  any	 patterns  are accepted. If you want to reject
	      patterns that don't match, end the list with "r/.*/".  If	 there
	      are  several  names  for the same device (e.g. symbolic links in
	      /dev), if the first matching pattern in the list for any of  the
	      names  is an a pattern, the device is accepted; otherwise if the
	      first matching pattern in the list for any of the names is an  r
	      pattern  it  is rejected; otherwise it is accepted.  As an exam‐
	      ple, to ignore /dev/cdrom you could use:
	      devices { filter=["r|cdrom|"] }

	      global_filter — Since "filter" might  get	 overridden  from  the
	      command  line, it is not suitable for system-wide device filter‐
	      ing (udev rules, lvmetad). To  hide  devices  from  LVM-specific
	      udev processing and/or from lvmetad, you need to set global_fil‐
	      ter. The syntax is  the  same  as	 for  normal  "filter"	above.
	      Devices that fail the global_filter are not even opened by LVM.

	      cache_dir — Persistent filter cache file directory.  Defaults to
	      "/etc/lvm/cache".

	      write_cache_state — Set to 0 to disable the writing out  of  the
	      persistent filter cache file when lvm exits.  Defaults to 1.

	      types  —	List  of  pairs	 of additional acceptable block device
	      types found in /proc/devices together  with  maximum  (non-zero)
	      number  of  partitions (normally 16).  By default, LVM2 supports
	      ide, sd, md, loop, dasd, dac960, nbd, ida, cciss, ubd,  ataraid,
	      drbd,  power2,  i2o_block	 and  iseries/vd.   Block devices with
	      major numbers of different types are ignored by LVM2.   Example:
	      types = ["fd", 16].  To create physical volumes on device-mapper
	      volumes created outside LVM2, perhaps encrypted ones from crypt‐
	      setup, you'll need types = ["device-mapper", 16].	 But if you do
	      this, be careful to avoid recursion within LVM2.	The figure for
	      number  of  partitions is not currently used in LVM2 - and might
	      never be.

	      sysfs_scan — If set to 1 and your kernel supports sysfs  and  it
	      is  mounted,  sysfs will be used as a quick way of filtering out
	      block devices that are not present.

	      md_component_detection — If set to 1, LVM2 will  ignore  devices
	      used  as components of software RAID (md) devices by looking for
	      md superblocks. This doesn't always work satisfactorily e.g.  if
	      a	 device	 has  been  reused  without  wiping the md superblocks
	      first.

	      md_chunk_alignment — If set to  1,  and  a  Physical  Volume  is
	      placed  directly	upon  an  md  device, LVM2 will align its data
	      blocks with the md device's stripe-width.

	      data_alignment_detection — If set to 1, and your kernel provides
	      topology information in sysfs for the Physical Volume, the start
	      of data area will	 be  aligned  on  a  multiple  of  the	’mini‐
	      mum_io_size’  or	’optimal_io_size’  exposed  in	sysfs.	 mini‐
	      mum_io_size is the smallest request the device can perform with‐
	      out  incurring  a	 read-modify-write  penalty  (e.g.  MD's chunk
	      size).   optimal_io_size	is  the	 device's  preferred  unit  of
	      receiving I/O (e.g. MD's stripe width).  minimum_io_size is used
	      if optimal_io_size is undefined (0).  If both md_chunk_alignment
	      and   data_alignment_detection   are   enabled   the  result  of
	      data_alignment_detection is used.

	      data_alignment — Default alignment (in KB) of start of data area
	      when creating a new Physical Volume using the lvm2 format.  If a
	      Physical Volume  is  placed  directly  upon  an  md  device  and
	      md_chunk_alignment  or  data_alignment_detection is enabled this
	      parameter is ignored.  Set to 0 to use the default alignment  of
	      64KB or the page size, if larger.

	      data_alignment_offset_detection  —  If set to 1, and your kernel
	      provides topology information in sysfs for the Physical  Volume,
	      the  start  of the aligned data area of the Physical Volume will
	      be shifted by the alignment_offset exposed in sysfs.

	      To see the location of the first Physical Extent of an  existing
	      Physical Volume use pvs -o +pe_start .  It will be a multiple of
	      the requested  data_alignment  plus  the	alignment_offset  from
	      data_alignment_offset_detection  (if  enabled)  or  the pvcreate
	      commandline.

	      disable_after_error_count — During  each	LVM  operation	errors
	      received from each device are counted.  If the counter of a par‐
	      ticular device exceeds the limit set here,  no  further  I/O  is
	      sent  to	that device for the remainder of the respective opera‐
	      tion. Setting the parameter to 0	disables  the  counters	 alto‐
	      gether.

	      pv_min_size — Minimal size (in KB) of the block device which can
	      be used as a PV.	In clustered environment all nodes have to use
	      the same value.  Any value smaller than 512KB is ignored.	 Up to
	      and include version 2.02.84 the default was 512KB.  From 2.02.85
	      onwards it was changed to 2MB to avoid floppy drives by default.

	      issue_discards  — Issue discards to a logical volumes's underly‐
	      ing physical volume(s) when the  logical	volume	is  no	longer
	      using  the  physical  volumes'  space  (e.g. lvremove, lvreduce,
	      etc).  Discards inform the storage that a region is no longer in
	      use.  Storage that supports discards advertise the protocol spe‐
	      cific way discards should be issued by the kernel (TRIM,	UNMAP,
	      or WRITE SAME with UNMAP bit set).  Not all storage will support
	      or benefit from discards but SSDs and  thinly  provisioned  LUNs
	      generally do.  If set to 1, discards will only be issued if both
	      the storage and kernel provide support.

       allocation — Space allocation policies

	      cling_tag_list — List of PV tags matched by the cling allocation
	      policy.

	      When searching for free space to extend an LV, the cling alloca‐
	      tion policy will choose space on the same PVs as the  last  seg‐
	      ment  of	the existing LV.  If there is insufficient space and a
	      list of tags is defined here, it will check whether any of  them
	      are  attached  to the PVs concerned and then seek to match those
	      PV tags between existing extents and new extents.

	      The @ prefix for tags is required.  Use the special tag "@*"  as
	      a	 wildcard  to match any PV tag and so use all PV tags for this
	      purpose.

	      For example, LVs are mirrored between two sites within a	single
	      VG.   PVs	 are  tagged  with either @site1 or @site2 to indicate
	      where they are situated and these two PV tags are	 selected  for
	      use with this allocation policy:

	      cling_tag_list = [ "@site1", "@site2" ]

       log — Default log settings

	      file  —  Location of log file.  If this entry is not present, no
	      log file is written.

	      overwrite — Set to 1 to overwrite the log file each time a  tool
	      is invoked.  By default tools append messages to the log file.

	      level  — Log level (0-9) of messages to write to the file.  9 is
	      the most verbose; 0 should produce no output.

	      verbose — Default level (0-3) of	messages  sent	to  stdout  or
	      stderr.	3 is the most verbose; 0 should produce the least out‐
	      put.

	      silent — Set to 1 to suppress  all  non-essential	 tool  output.
	      When  set,  display  and	reporting  tools  will still write the
	      requested device properties to  standard	output,	 but  messages
	      confirming  that something was or wasn't changed will be reduced
	      to the 'verbose' level and not appear unless -v is supplied.

	      syslog — Set to 1 (the default) to  send	log  messages  through
	      syslog.	Turn  off  by  setting to 0.  If you set to an integer
	      greater than one, this is used - unvalidated - as the  facility.
	      The default is LOG_USER.	See /usr/include/sys/syslog.h for safe
	      facility values to use.  For example, LOG_LOCAL0 might be 128.

	      indent — When set to  1  (the  default)  messages	 are  indented
	      according	 to their severity, two spaces per level.  Set to 0 to
	      turn off indentation.

	      command_names — When set to 1, the command name  is  used	 as  a
	      prefix for each message.	Default is 0 (off).

	      prefix  — Prefix used for all messages (after the command name).
	      Default is two spaces.

	      activation — Set to 1 to log messages  while  devices  are  sus‐
	      pended  during  activation.   Only  set  this  temporarily while
	      debugging a problem because in low memory situations  this  set‐
	      ting can cause your machine to lock up.

       backup — Configuration for metadata backups.

	      archive_dir  —  Directory	 used for automatic metadata archives.
	      Backup copies of former  metadata	 for  each  volume  group  are
	      archived here.  Defaults to "/etc/lvm/archive".

	      backup_dir  —  Directory used for automatic metadata backups.  A
	      single backup copy of the current metadata for each volume group
	      is stored here.  Defaults to "/etc/lvm/backup".

	      archive  —  Whether  or not tools automatically archive existing
	      metadata into archive_dir before making changes to it.   Default
	      is  1  (automatic archives enabled).  Set to 0 to disable.  Dis‐
	      abling this might make metadata recovery difficult or impossible
	      if something goes wrong.

	      backup  —	 Whether  or  not  tools make an automatic backup into
	      backup_dir after changing metadata.   Default  is	 1  (automatic
	      backups  enabled).   Set	to 0 to disable.  Disabling this might
	      make metadata recovery difficult or impossible if something goes
	      wrong.

	      retain_min  —  Minimum  number of archives to keep.  Defaults to
	      10.

	      retain_days — Minimum number of  days  to	 keep  archive	files.
	      Defaults to 30.

       shell — LVM2 built-in readline shell settings

	      history_size  —  Maximum	number	of  lines  of shell history to
	      retain (default 100) in $HOME/.lvm_history

       global — Global settings

	      test — If set to 1, run tools in test mode i.e.  no  changes  to
	      the  on-disk  metadata will get made.  It's equivalent to having
	      the -t option on every command.

	      activation — Set to 0 to turn off	 all  communication  with  the
	      device-mapper  driver.  Useful if you want to manipulate logical
	      volumes while device-mapper is not present in your kernel.

	      proc — Mount point of proc filesystem.  Defaults to /proc.

	      umask — File creation mask for any files	and  directories  cre‐
	      ated.   Interpreted  as  octal  if  the  first  digit  is	 zero.
	      Defaults to 077.	Use 022 to allow other users to read the files
	      by default.

	      format  —	 The default value of --metadatatype used to determine
	      which format of metadata to use when creating new physical  vol‐
	      umes and volume groups. lvm1 or lvm2.

	      fallback_to_lvm1	—  Set	this  to  1  if you need to be able to
	      switch between 2.4 kernels  using	 LVM1  and  kernels  including
	      device-mapper.  The LVM2 tools should be installed as normal and
	      the LVM1 tools should be installed  with	a  .lvm1  suffix  e.g.
	      vgscan.lvm1.  If an LVM2 tool is then run but unable to communi‐
	      cate with device-mapper, it will automatically invoke the equiv‐
	      alent  LVM1  version  of	the tool.  Note that for LVM1 tools to
	      manipulate physical volumes and volume groups  created  by  LVM2
	      you must use --metadataformat lvm1 when creating them.

	      library_dir  —  A directory searched for LVM2's shared libraries
	      ahead of the places dlopen (3) searches.

	      format_libraries — A list of shared libraries to load that  con‐
	      tain code to process different formats of metadata. For example,
	      liblvm2formatpool.so is needed to read GFS pool metadata if LVM2
	      was configured --with-pool=shared.

	      locking_type  —  What type of locking to use.  1 is the default,
	      which use flocks on files in locking_dir (see  below)  to	 avoid
	      conflicting  LVM2	 commands  running  concurrently  on  a single
	      machine. 0 disables locking and risks corrupting your  metadata.
	      If  set  to  2, the tools will load the external locking_library
	      (see below).  If the tools were configured --with-cluster=inter‐
	      nal  (the	 default)  then	 3  means to use built-in cluster-wide
	      locking.	Type 4 enforces read-only  metadata  and  forbids  any
	      operations that might want to modify Volume Group metadata.  All
	      changes to logical volumes and  their  states  are  communicated
	      using locks.

	      wait_for_locks — When set to 1, the default, the tools wait if a
	      lock request cannot be satisfied immediately.  When  set	to  0,
	      the operation is aborted instead.

	      locking_dir  — The directory LVM2 places its file locks if lock‐
	      ing_type is set to 1.  The default is /var/lock/lvm.

	      locking_library — The name of the external  locking  library  to
	      load  if	locking_type is set to 2.  The default is liblvm2clus‐
	      terlock.so.  If you need to write such a library,	 look  at  the
	      lib/locking source code directory.

	      use_lvmetad  —  Whether  to  use	(trust)	 a running instance of
	      lvmetad. If this is set to 0, all	 commands  fall	 back  to  the
	      usual  scanning  mechanisms.  When  set to 1 and when lvmetad is
	      running (it is not auto-started), the volume group metadata  and
	      PV  state	 flags	are  obtained from the lvmetad instance and no
	      scanning is done by the individual commands.  In	a  setup  with
	      lvmetad,	lvmetad udev rules must be set up for LVM to work cor‐
	      rectly. Without proper udev rules, all changes in	 block	device
	      configuration will be ignored until a manual 'pvscan --cache' is
	      performed.
	      If lvmetad has been running while use_lvmetad was 0, it MUST  be
	      stopped  before  changing	 use_lvmetad  to  1  and started again
	      afterwards.

       tags — Host tag settings

	      hosttags — If set to 1, create a host tag with the machine name.
	      Setting  this to 0 does nothing, neither creating nor destroying
	      any tag.	The machine name used is the nodename as  returned  by
	      uname (2).

	      Additional  host	tags  to  be set can be listed here as subsec‐
	      tions.  The @ prefix for tags is optional.  Each of  these  host
	      tag  subsections can contain a host_list array of host names. If
	      any one of these entries matches the machine name	 exactly  then
	      the  host tag gets defined on this particular host, otherwise it
	      doesn't.

	      After lvm.conf has been processed, LVM2 works through each  host
	      tag  that has been defined in turn, and if there is a configura‐
	      tion file called lvm_<host_tag>.conf it  attempts	 to  load  it.
	      The  activation/volume_list,  devices/filter  and	 devices/types
	      settings are merged (these all are lists),  otherwise  any  set‐
	      tings  read  in  override	 settings  found in earlier files. Any
	      additional host tags defined get appended to the search list, so
	      in  turn they can lead to further configuration files being pro‐
	      cessed.  Use lvm dumpconfig to check the result of  config  file
	      processing.

	      The  following  example always sets host tags tag1 and sets tag2
	      on machines fs1 and fs2:

	      tags { tag1 { } tag2 { host_list = [ "fs1", "fs2" ] } }

	      These options are useful if you  are  replicating	 configuration
	      files around a cluster.  Use of hosttags = 1 means every machine
	      can have static and identical local configuration files yet  use
	      different	 settings  and	activate  different logical volumes by
	      default.	See also volume_list below and --addtag in lvm (8).

       activation — Settings affecting device-mapper activation

	      missing_stripe_filler — When activating  an  incomplete  logical
	      volume  in  partial  mode,  this option dictates how the missing
	      data is replaced.	 A value of "error" will cause	activation  to
	      create  error  mappings  for the missing data, meaning that read
	      access to missing portions of the	 volume	 will  result  in  I/O
	      errors. You can instead also use a device path, and in that case
	      this device will be used in place of missing  stripes.  However,
	      note  that  using	 anything  other than "error" with mirrored or
	      snapshotted volumes is likely to result in data corruption.  For
	      instructions  on	how  to	 create	 a  device that always returns
	      zeros, see lvcreate (8).

	      mirror_region_size — Unit size in KB for	copy  operations  when
	      mirroring.

	      readahead	 — Used when there is no readahead value stored in the
	      volume group metadata.  Set to  none  to	disable	 readahead  in
	      these  circumstances  or auto to use the default value chosen by
	      the kernel.

	      reserved_memory, reserved_stack — How many  KB  to  reserve  for
	      LVM2  to	use  while logical volumes are suspended.  If insuffi‐
	      cient memory is reserved before suspension, there is a  risk  of
	      machine deadlock.

	      process_priority	— The nice value to use while devices are sus‐
	      pended.  This is set to a high priority so that logical  volumes
	      are  suspended  (with  I/O generated by other processes to those
	      logical volumes getting queued) for the shortest possible time.

	      volume_list — This acts as a filter through which	 all  requests
	      to activate a logical volume on this machine are passed.	A log‐
	      ical volume is only activated if it matches an item in the list.
	      Tags  must  be  preceded	by  @ and are checked against all tags
	      defined in the logical volume and volume group  metadata	for  a
	      match.   @*  is  short-hand  to  check every tag set on the host
	      machine (see tags above).	 Logical volume and volume groups  can
	      also  be included in the list by name e.g. vg00, vg00/lvol1.  If
	      this setting is not present but at least one host tag is defined
	      then a default single-entry list containing @* is assumed.

	      auto_activation_volume_list  —  This  acts  as  a filter through
	      which all requests to autoactivate  a  logical  volume  on  this
	      machine  are  passed.  A	logical	 volume is autoactivated if it
	      matches an item in the list. Volumes must	 also  pass  the  vol‐
	      ume_list	filter, if present. Tags must be preceded by @ and are
	      checked against all tags defined in the logical volume and  vol‐
	      ume  group metadata for a match. @* is short-hand to check every
	      tag set on the host machine (see tags  above).   Logical	volume
	      and  volume groups can also be included in the list by name e.g.
	      vg00, vg00/lvol1.

	      read_only_volume_list — This acts as a filter through which  all
	      requests	to  activate  a	 logical  volume  on  this machine are
	      passed.	A  logical  volume  is	activated  in  read-only  mode
	      (instead of read-write) if it matches an item in the list.  Vol‐
	      umes must first pass the volume_list filter, if  present.	  Tags
	      must  be	preceded by @ and are checked against all tags defined
	      in the logical volume and volume group metadata for a match.  @*
	      is  short-hand  to  check every tag set on the host machine (see
	      tags above).  Logical volume  and	 volume	 groups	 can  also  be
	      included in the list by name e.g. vg00, vg00/lvol1.

       metadata — Advanced metadata settings

	      pvmetadatacopies	—  When	 creating  a physical volume using the
	      LVM2 metadata format, this is the default number	of  copies  of
	      metadata	to store on each physical volume.  Currently it can be
	      set to 0, 1 or 2.	 The default is 1.  If set to 2, one  copy  is
	      placed  at  the beginning of the disk and the other is placed at
	      the end.	 It  can  be  overridden  on  the  command  line  with
	      --pvmetadatacopies  (see	pvcreate).  If creating a volume group
	      with just one physical volume,  it's  a  good  idea  to  have  2
	      copies.	If  creating  a	 large volume group with many physical
	      volumes, you may decide that 3 copies of the metadata is	suffi‐
	      cient,  i.e.  setting  it to 1 on three of the physical volumes,
	      and 0 on the rest.  Every volume group must contain at least one
	      physical	volume	with  at  least 1 copy of the metadata (unless
	      using the text files described below).  The disadvantage of hav‐
	      ing  lots of copies is that every time the tools access the vol‐
	      ume group, every copy of the metadata has to  be	accessed,  and
	      this slows down the tools.

	      pvmetadatasize  — Approximate number of sectors to set aside for
	      each copy of the metadata. Volume groups with large  numbers  of
	      physical	or  logical volumes, or volumes groups containing com‐
	      plex logical volume structures will need	additional  space  for
	      their metadata.  The metadata areas are treated as circular buf‐
	      fers, so unused space becomes filled with an archive of the most
	      recent previous versions of the metadata.

	      pvmetadataignore	When creating a physical volume using the LVM2
	      metadata format, this states whether metadata  areas  should  be
	      ignored.	 The  default is "n".  If metadata areas on a physical
	      volume are ignored, LVM will not not store metadata in the meta‐
	      data  areas  present  on	newly  created	Physical Volumes.  The
	      option can be overridden on the command line with	 --metadataig‐
	      nore (See pvcreate and pvchange).	 Metadata areas cannot be cre‐
	      ated or extended after Logical Volumes have  been	 allocated  on
	      the  device.   If	 you  do  not  want  to store metadata on this
	      device, it is still wise always to allocate a metadata area (use
	      a	 non-zero value for --pvmetadatacopies) in case you need it in
	      the future and to use this option to instruct LVM2 to ignore it.

	      vgmetadatacopies — When creating a volume group using  the  LVM2
	      metadata	format,	 this is the default number of copies of meta‐
	      data desired across all  the  physical  volumes  in  the	volume
	      group.   If  set to a non-zero value, LVM will automatically set
	      or clear the metadataignore flag on the  physical	 volumes  (see
	      pvcreate	and pvchange --metadataignore) in order to achieve the
	      desired number of metadata copies.  An LVM command that adds  or
	      removes  physical	 volumes  (for	example,  vgextend,  vgreduce,
	      vgsplit, or vgmerge), may cause  LVM  to	automatically  set  or
	      clear  the  metadataignore  flags.  Also, if physical volumes go
	      missing or reappear, or a new number of copies is explicitly set
	      (see  vgchange  --vgmetadatacopies),  LVM	 may  adjust the meta‐
	      dataignore flags.	 Set vgmetadatacopies to 0 instructs  LVM  not
	      to set or clear the metadataignore flags automatically.  You may
	      set a value larger than the sum of all  metadata	areas  on  all
	      physical	volumes.   The	value can be overridden on the command
	      line with --vgmetadatacopies for various commands (for  example,
	      vgcreate	 and   vgchange),   and	  can  be  queryied  with  the
	      vg_mda_copies field of vgs.  This option is  useful  for	volume
	      groups  containing  large numbers of physical volumes with meta‐
	      data as it may be used to minimize metadata read and write over‐
	      head.

	      dirs  — List of directories holding live copies of LVM2 metadata
	      as text files.  These directories must not be  on	 logical  vol‐
	      umes.   It  is possible to use LVM2 with a couple of directories
	      here, preferably on different  (non-logical-volume)  filesystems
	      and  with	 no  other  on-disk  metadata,	pvmetadatacopies  = 0.
	      Alternatively these directories can be in addition  to  the  on-
	      disk metadata areas.  This feature was created during the devel‐
	      opment of the LVM2 metadata  before  the	new  on-disk  metadata
	      areas  were  designed and no longer gets tested.	It is not sup‐
	      ported under low-memory conditions, and it is important never to
	      edit these metadata files unless you fully understand how things
	      work: to make changes you should always use the tools as normal,
	      or else vgcfgbackup, edit backup, vgcfgrestore.

FILES
       /etc/lvm/lvm.conf
       /etc/lvm/archive
       /etc/lvm/backup
       /etc/lvm/cache/.cache
       /run/lock/lvm

SEE ALSO
       lvm(8), umask(2), uname(2), dlopen(3), syslog(3), syslog.conf(5)

Sistina Software UK   LVM TOOLS 2.02.106(2) (2014-04-10)	   LVM.CONF(5)
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