LVM.CONF(5)LVM.CONF(5)NAMElvm.conf — Configuration file for LVM2
SYNOPSIS
/etc/lvm/lvm.conf
DESCRIPTIONlvm.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.
For a description of each lvm.conf setting, run:
lvmconfig --typeconfig default --withcomments --withspaces
The settings defined in lvm.conf can be overridden by any of these
extended configuration methods:
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.
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. It's used to override existing
configuration. Normally, the name of the profile should reflect
that environment or use.
There are two groups of profiles recognised: command profiles
and metadata profiles.
The command profile is used to override selected configuration
settings at global LVM command level - it is applied at the very
beginning of LVM command execution and it is used throughout the
whole time of LVM command execution. The command profile is
applied by using the --commandprofile ProfileName command line
option that is recognised by all LVM2 commands.
The metadata profile is used to override selected configuration
settings at Volume Group/Logical Volume level - it is applied
independently for each Volume Group/Logical Volume that is being
processed. As such, each Volume Group/Logical Volume can store
the profile name used in its metadata so next time the Volume
Group/Logical Volume is processed, the profile is applied auto‐
matically. If Volume Group and any of its Logical Volumes have
different profiles defined, the profile defined for the Logical
Volume is preferred. The metadata profile can be
attached/detached by using the lvchange and vgchange commands
and their --metadataprofile ProfileName and --detachprofile
options or the --metadataprofile option during creation when
using vgcreate or lvcreate command. The vgs and lvs reporting
commands provide -o vg_profile and -o lv_profile output options
to show the metadata profile currently attached to a Volume
Group or a Logical Volume.
The set of options allowed for command profiles is mutually
exclusive when compared to the set of options allowed for meta‐
data profiles. The settings that belong to either of these two
sets can't be mixed together and LVM tools will reject such pro‐
files.
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 command_profile_tem‐
plate.profile (for command profiles) and metadata_profile_tem‐
plate.profile (for metadata profiles) which contain all settings
that are customizable by profiles of certain type. Users are
encouraged to copy these template profiles and edit them as
needed. Alternatively, the lvmconfig --file <ProfileName.pro‐
file> --type profilable-command <section> or lvmconfig --file
<ProfileName.profile> --type profilable-metadata <section> can
be used to generate a configuration with profilable settings in
either of the type for given section and save it to new Profile‐
Name.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 by 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.
tag config
See tags configuration setting description below.
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-> command profile config-> meta‐
data profile config-> tag config-> lvmlocal.conf-> lvm.conf
No part of this cascade is compulsory. If there's no setting value
found at the end of the cascade, a default value is used for that set‐
ting. Use lvmconfig 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 groups associated values together. If the same section
is encountered multiple times, the contents of all instances are
concatenated together in the order of appearance.
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. If the iden‐
tifier contains forward slashes, those are interpreted as path
delimiters. The statement section/key = value is equivalent to
section { key = value }. If multiple instances of the same key
are encountered, only the last value is used (and a warning is
issued).
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 with spaces must be enclosed in double quotes, single
words that start with a letter can be left unquoted.
SETTINGS
The lvmconfig command prints the LVM configuration settings in various
ways. See the man page lvmconfig(8).
Command to print a list of all possible config settings, with their
default values:
lvmconfig --type default
Command to print a list of all possible config settings, with their
default values, and a full description of each as a comment:
lvmconfig --type default --withcomments
Command to print a list of all possible config settings, with their
current values (configured, non-default values are shown):
lvmconfig --type current
Command to print all config settings that have been configured with a
different value than the default (configured, non-default values are
shown):
lvmconfig --type diff
Command to print a single config setting, with its default value, and a
full description, where "Section" refers to the config section, e.g.
global, and "Setting" refers to the name of the specific setting, e.g.
umask:
lvmconfig --type default --withcomments Section/Setting
FILES
/etc/lvm/lvm.conf
/etc/lvm/lvmlocal.conf
/etc/lvm/archive
/etc/lvm/backup
/etc/lvm/cache/.cache
/run/lock/lvm
/etc/lvm/profile
SEE ALSOlvm(8)lvmconfig(8)Red Hat, Inc. LVM TOOLS 2.02.176(2) (2017-11-03) LVM.CONF(5)
