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NAME
lvmchange - change attributes of the logical volume managerSYNOPSIS
lvmchange [-d|--debug] [-f|--force] [-h|--help] {[-i|--iop_verion]| [-R|--reset]} [-v|--verbose]DESCRIPTION
lvmchange allows you to reset the logical volume manager. Please be careful to have all logical volumes closed and/or unused!OPTIONS
- -d, --debug
- Enables additional debugging output (if compiled with DEBUG).
- -f, --force
- Force the action without confirmation.
- -h, --help
- Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
- -i, --iop_version
- Display the LVM io protocol version. This version number ensures that no incompatible data is passed to the driver.
- -R, --reset
- Emergency reset of the logical volume manager. This function is a "last resort" if something goes wrong to allow the the logical volume manager module to be unloaded. Not used in normal operation. Please be careful NOT to reset when logical volumes are in use!!!
- -v, --verbose
- Gives verbose information about lvmchange's activities.
Example
"lvmchange -fR" resets the logical volume manager without confirmation.DIAGNOSTICS
lvmchange returns an exit code of 0 for success or > 0 for error:1 error opening logical volume manager 2 error resetting logical volume manager 95 driver/module not in kernel 96 invalid I/O protocol version 97 error locking logical volume manager 99 invalid command line
See also
lvm(8), vgcreate(8), lvcreate(8)AUTHOR
Heinz Mauelshagen <Linux-LVM@Sistina.com>
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