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lvmconfig — Display and manipulate LVM configuration information. More information: <https://manned.org/lvmconfi

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Problem

How to use the lvmconfig command: Display and manipulate LVM configuration information. More information: <https://manned.org/lvmconfig>.

Solution

lvmconfig — Display and manipulate LVM configuration information. More information: <https://manned.org/lvmconfig>.

Display the effective configuration in use (after merging all config sources):

lvmconfig --typeconfig current --mergedconfig

Show only settings that differ from their defaults:

lvmconfig --typeconfig diff

List all configuration keys:

lvmconfig {{[-l|--list]}}

Print the default configuration with full comments and extra spacing:

lvmconfig --typeconfig default --withcomments --withspaces

Validate the full merged configuration and report errors:

lvmconfig --mergedconfig --validate

Write the current effective configuration to a file:

lvmconfig --typeconfig current {{[-f|--file]}} {{path/to/output.conf}}

Code Snippets

Display the effective configuration in use (after merging all config sources)

lvmconfig --typeconfig current --mergedconfig

Show only settings that differ from their defaults

lvmconfig --typeconfig diff

List all configuration keys

lvmconfig {{[-l|--list]}}

Print the default configuration with full comments and extra spacing

lvmconfig --typeconfig default --withcomments --withspaces

Validate the full merged configuration and report errors

lvmconfig --mergedconfig --validate

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