LVM(LVPOLL)

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💅 LVM(LVPOLL) — the lvpoll girlies' manual 💅

okay so bestie, you found the lvm lvpoll page (that's the manual name, section 8, she's iconic) and honestly? you probably don't need to be here, but I'm gonna tell you everything anyway because that's what we do 🫶

This whole thing lives in the LVM toolset — that's from Red Hat, Inc. — and I'll spill the version-and-date tea at the very end, pinky promise. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

lvm lvpoll — continue an already initiated poll operation on a logical volume 🌸

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

lvm lvpoll option_args position_args
       [ option_args ]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so lvm lvpoll is an internal command, like she's behind the scenes, she's the stage crew, she's not the main character here 💅 — she gets used by lvmpolld(8) to monitor and complete lvconvert(8) and pvmove(8) operations.

and here's the thing bestie: lvpoll itself does not initiate these operations and she should not normally need to be run directly. like, she's not gonna start anything for you. she just vibes and finishes what someone else started. no cap.

🌈 USAGE 🌈

lvm lvpoll --polloperation pvmove|convert|merge|merge_thin LV ...
       [ -A|--autobackup y|n ]
       [ -i|--interval [+]Number ]
       [ --abort ]
       [ --handlemissingpvs ]
       [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]

the common options for lvm, in all their glory 👑

[ -d|--debug ... ]
[ -h|--help ]
[ -q|--quiet ... ]
[ -t|--test ]
[ -v|--verbose ... ]
[ -y|--yes ]
[ --commandprofile String ]
[ --config String ]
[ --devices PV ]
[ --devicesfile String ]
[ --driverloaded y|n ]
[ --journal String ]
[ --lockopt String ]
[ --longhelp ]
[ --nohints ]
[ --nolocking ]
[ --profile String ]
[ --version ]

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • --abort — stop processing a poll operation in lvmpolld. like, cancel the mission, bestie 🛑
  • -A, --autobackup y|n — says whether metadata should get backed up automatically after a change. Enabling this is strongly advised! it's giving "please just turn it on". see vgcfgbackup(8) for the deets.
  • --commandprofile String — the command profile to use for command configuration. see lvm.conf(5) if you wanna know more about profiles ✨
  • --config String — config settings for the command. these override lvm.conf(5) settings. the String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf(5), or it may use section/field syntax. see lvm.conf(5) for more about config 🎀
  • -d, --debug ... — set debug level. repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured). yes, you can repeat it, go off 🗣️
  • --devices PV — restricts the devices that are visible and accessible to the command. devices not listed will appear to be missing 👻 this option can be repeated, or it accepts a comma-separated list of devices. this overrides the devices file.
  • --devicesfile String — a file listing devices that LVM should use. the file must exist in /etc/lvm/devices/ and is managed with the lvmdevices(8) command. this overrides the lvm.conf(5) devices/devicesfile and devices/use_devicesfile settings 📁
  • --driverloaded y|n — if set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper. for testing and debugging 🧪
  • --handlemissingpvs — allows a polling operation to continue when PVs are missing, e.g. for repairs due to faulty devices. she's forgiving like that 🫶
  • -h, --help — display help text. the classic.
  • -i, --interval [+]Number — report progress at regular intervals. with a + prefix, the first check is delayed by the given number of seconds, allowing background operations to start before polling begins. ⏱️ cute, right?
  • --journal String — record information in the systemd journal. this information is in addition to information enabled by the lvm.conf log/journal setting. command: record information about the command. output: record the default command output. debug: record full command debugging. pick your vibe 📓
  • --lockopt String — used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd. see lvmlockd(8) for more information 🔐
  • --longhelp — display long help text. the deluxe version.
  • --nohints — do not use the hints file to locate devices for PVs. a command may read more devices to find PVs when hints are not used. the command will still perform standard hint file invalidation where appropriate 👀
  • --nolocking — disable locking. Use with caution, concurrent commands may produce incorrect results. I'm serious bestie, this is not a vibe, this is a warning ⚠️
  • --polloperation pvmove|convert|merge|merge_thin — the command to perform from lvmpolld. this is literally the whole point 💅
  • --profile String — an alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command. she's flexible like that 🎭
  • -q, --quiet ... — suppress output and log messages. overrides --debug and --verbose. repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer 'no'. shhh 🤫
  • -t, --test — run in test mode. commands will not update metadata. this is implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless returning success to the calling function. this may lead to unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't. it's giving "trust me bro, it worked" 🙈
  • -v, --verbose ... — set verbose level. repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr. tell me everything 🗣️✨
  • --version — display version information.
  • -y, --yes — do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes. Use with extreme caution. (for automatic no, see -qq.) ⚠️💀

🌸 VARIABLES 🌸

  • LV — logical volume name. see lvm(8) for valid names. an LV positional arg generally includes the VG name and LV name, e.g. VG/LV. 🏷️
  • String — see the option description for information about the string content.
  • Size[UNIT] — Size is an input number that accepts an optional unit. input units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capitalization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024. the default input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT. UNIT represents other possible input units: b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is KiB, m|M is MiB, g|G is GiB, t|T is TiB, p|P is PiB, e|E is EiB. (this should not be confused with the output control --units, where capital letters mean multiple of 1000.) 📏

🧚 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🧚

see lvm(8) for information about environment variables used by lvm. for example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG parameter. 🌱

👑 NOTES 👑

to find the name of the pvmove LV that was created by an original pvmove /dev/name command, use the command:

lvs -a -S move_pv=/dev/name

iykyk 🔍

⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

continue polling a pvmove operation.

lvm lvpoll --polloperation pvmove vg00/pvmove0

abort a pvmove operation.

lvm lvpoll --polloperation pvmove --abort vg00/pvmove0

continue polling a mirror conversion.

lvm lvpoll --polloperation convert vg00/lvmirror

continue mirror repair.

lvm lvpoll --polloperation convert vg/damaged_mirror --handlemissingpvs

continue snapshot merge.

lvm lvpoll --polloperation merge vg/snapshot_old

continue thin snapshot merge.

lvm lvpoll --polloperation merge_thin vg/thin_snapshot

she ate every single one of these 💅✨

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

lvm(8), lvm.conf(5), lvmconfig(8), lvmdevices(8),

pvchange(8), pvck(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), pvmove(8), pvremove(8), pvresize(8), pvs(8), pvscan(8),

vgcfgbackup(8), vgcfgrestore(8), vgchange(8), vgck(8), vgcreate(8), vgconvert(8), vgdisplay(8), vgexport(8), vgextend(8), vgimport(8), vgimportclone(8), vgimportdevices(8), vgmerge(8), vgmknodes(8), vgreduce(8), vgremove(8), vgrename(8), vgs(8), vgscan(8), vgsplit(8),

lvcreate(8), lvchange(8), lvconvert(8), lvdisplay(8), lvextend(8), lvreduce(8), lvremove(8), lvrename(8), lvresize(8), lvs(8), lvscan(8),

lvm-fullreport(8), lvm-lvpoll(8), blkdeactivate(8), lvmdump(8),

dmeventd(8), lvmpolld(8), lvmlockd(8), lvmlockctl(8), lvmdbusd(8), fsadm(8),

lvmsystemid(7), lvmreport(7), lvmcache(7), lvmraid(7), lvmthin(7), lvmvdo(7), lvmautoactivation(7)

ok that's the whole page bestie, not a single flag left behind 💖 ily, go poll something (but like, responsibly, and probably not directly, remember what DESCRIPTION said 🙈)

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LVM TOOLS 2.03.44(2) (2026-10-27) 🎀 that's the LVM tools version, dated 2026-10-27, and this whole page is section 8, filed under LVM(LVPOLL) — mwah, bye bestie! 💋🌈✨

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