LVM (Logical Volume Manager) - Display LVM Logical Volume details using the lvdisplay command

by
Jeremy Canfield |
Updated: June 02 2024
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This assumes you are familiar with LVM (Logical Volume Manager). If not, check out my article Getting Started with LVM (Logical Volume Manager).
The lvdisplay command can be used to show the details of all of your LVM Logical Volumes. Something like this should be returned.
~]# lvdisplay
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/myVG/fooLV
LV Name lv_foo
VG Name datavg
LV UUID kI5KSn-KGz8-ttcU-LwSS-MO4Q-gJiS-cY55aO
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time server1, 2020-09-15 13:55:08 -0500
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 1.00 GiB
Current LE 5120
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 8192
Block device 253:6
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/myVG/barLV
LV Name lv_bar
VG Name datavg
LV UUID kI5KSn-KGz8-ttcU-LwSS-MO4Q-gJiS-cY55aO
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time server1, 2020-09-15 13:55:08 -0500
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 1.00 GiB
Current LE 5120
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 8192
Block device 253:6
Or, to display the details of a specific LVM Logical Volume.
~]# lvdisplay /dev/myVG/fooLV
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/myVG/fooLV
LV Name lv_foo
VG Name datavg
LV UUID kI5KSn-KGz8-ttcU-LwSS-MO4Q-gJiS-cY55aO
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time server1, 2020-09-15 13:55:08 -0500
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 1.00 GiB
Current LE 5120
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 8192
Block device 253:6
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