NVME-LOG-LBA-STAT(1)

🎀 nvme-log-lba-status — the LBA Status Log page, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk, this is a page from the NVMe manual (like, nvme-log-lba-status(1), the whole nvme-log-lba-status situation) and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am. stay with me, it's actually so good.

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✨ NAME ✨

nvme-log-lba-status — sends the LBA Status Log Page request, and returns you the result and the log. literally what it says on the tin, no cap. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

nvme [<global-options>] log lba-status <device> [--rae | -r]

that's the whole vibe. short, iconic, to the point. ✨

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So what does it actually do? It retrieves the NVMe LBA Status Log Page from an NVMe device, and hands you back the returned structure. that's it. that's the whole job. 🫶

The <device> parameter is mandatory — like, not optional, not "I'll add it later", mandatory mandatory. And it can be one of two things:

• the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0) 💖
• or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1) 🦋

On success, the returned LBA Status Log Page structure might come back to you in one of several ways, depending on which option flags you used. your options, bestie:

• the structure may get parsed by the program and printed in a readable format 🌸
• or the raw buffer may be printed to stdout so another program can parse it 🌈

like, pick your fighter. either way it's giving options. 👑

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

• -r, --rae — Retain an Asynchronous Event. that's the whole thing, she's a simple girl. 🎀

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👑 GLOBAL OPTIONS 👑

these ones are defined up at the top-level nvme command — like, main character territory — and they're available to this subcommand too. you get them for free. 🫶

• --dry-run — Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it. all the vibes, none of the consequences. 💅
• --no-ioctl-probing — Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support. bye bye probing. ✌️
• --no-retries — Disable retry logic on transient errors. one shot, no do-overs. 💀
• -o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt> — Set the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. Only one output format may be used at a time — like, don't be greedy, pick one. 🙈
• --output-format-version=<version> — Select the output format version. Version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (the default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names. Other versions are rejected. no notes. ⭐
• --quiet — Suppress informational messages. Errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level. so if you're running both, quiet wins the vibe check. 🤫
• --set-options=<key=value>[,<key=value>...] — Set libnvme library options for this invocation. Supported keys are force-4k, mi-probe-enabled, test-base-dir and test-sysfs-dir. yes bestie, comma-separated, go off. 📝
• --timeout=<ms> — Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff). literally forever, if you want. ⏳
• -v, --verbose — Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity. stack it, queen. 🔥

These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). A command-line flag always overrides the file. 🫶

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

1. Print the LBA Status Log page in a normal readable format:

# nvme log lba-status /dev/nvme0

2. Show the output in json format

# nvme log lba-status /dev/nvme0 -o json
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huge shoutout to NVME — Part of the nvme-user suite. 🧚 this one's from the NVMe manual, dated 10/30/2026, page NVME-LOG-LBA-STAT(1). mwah, go run it, ily, bye! 💜💜💜