vgdisplay

Display LVM volume group information

TLDR

Display information about all volume groups

$ sudo vgdisplay

Display information about a specific volume group

$ sudo vgdisplay [vg1]

SYNOPSIS

vgdisplay [options] [volumegroup_...]

vgdisplay shows detailed information about LVM volume groups including size, extent information, physical volumes, and logical volumes contained within.The output includes total size, physical extent size, number of physical and logical volumes, and allocation status. Use this to understand the structure and capacity of your LVM configuration.

PARAMETERS

-c, --colon

Output in colon-separated format

-s, --short

Short listing format

-v, --verbose

Verbose output with additional details

-A, --activevolumegroups

Show only active volume groups

--units _units_

Display sizes in specified units (b, s, k, m, g, t, p, e)

-C, --columns

Output in columns (similar to vgs)

INSTALL

sudo apt install lvm2

sudo dnf install lvm2

sudo pacman -S lvm2

sudo apk add lvm2

sudo zypper install lvm2

nix profile install nixpkgs#lvm2

CAVEATS

Requires root privileges. For scripting, consider using vgs with format options instead. Part of the LVM2 package.