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lvmpolld — LVM poll daemon that supervises long-running LVM operations. More information: <https://manned.org/l

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Problem

How to use the lvmpolld command: LVM poll daemon that supervises long-running LVM operations. More information: <https://manned.org/lvmpolld>.

Solution

lvmpolld — LVM poll daemon that supervises long-running LVM operations. More information: <https://manned.org/lvmpolld>.

Start the daemon in the foreground:

lvmpolld {{[-f|--foreground]}}

Start in the foreground with debug logging:

lvmpolld {{[-f|--foreground]}} {{[-l|--log]}} debug

Set the idle shutdown timeout (seconds):

lvmpolld {{[-t|--timeout]}} {{300}}

Use a custom socket path:

lvmpolld {{[-s|--socket]}} {{/tmp/lvmpolld.socket}}

Use a custom PID file:

lvmpolld {{[-p|--pidfile]}} {{/tmp/lvmpolld.pid}}

Dump the current state:

lvmpolld --dump

Code Snippets

Start the daemon in the foreground

lvmpolld {{[-f|--foreground]}}

Start in the foreground with debug logging

lvmpolld {{[-f|--foreground]}} {{[-l|--log]}} debug

Set the idle shutdown timeout (seconds)

lvmpolld {{[-t|--timeout]}} {{300}}

Use a custom socket path

lvmpolld {{[-s|--socket]}} {{/tmp/lvmpolld.socket}}

Use a custom PID file

lvmpolld {{[-p|--pidfile]}} {{/tmp/lvmpolld.pid}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/lvmpolld

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