LVM2 Resource Page
LVM2 Resource Page
2023-06-30: Git repository moved to gitlab.com
Introduction
LVM2 refers to the userspace toolset that provide logical volume
management facilities on linux. It is reasonably backwards-compatible
with the original LVM toolset.
To use LVM2 you need 3 things:
device-mapper in your kernel, the userspace device-mapper support
library (libdevmapper) and the userspace LVM2 tools. Please look at
for information about the device-mapper kernel and userspace components.
Releases
Tarballs of the userspace LVM2 source code releases are available from
ftp://sourceware.org/pub/lvm2/
List of official mirror sites (including http and rsync protocols):
Mailing lists
linux-lvm
is the mailing list for any LVM-related questions and discussion.
Subscribe by sending email to
linux-lvm+subscribe@lists.linux.dev
Unsubscribe by sending email to
linux-lvm+unsubscribe@lists.linux.dev
The list archives are at
The mailing list address is
linux-lvm@lists.linux.dev
All commits are also posted to the
lvm-devel
mailing list.
This is the place to discuss the source code and propose patches.
Subscribe by sending email to
lvm-devel+subscribe@lists.linux.dev
Unsubscribe by sending email to
lvm-devel+unsubscribe@lists.linux.dev
The list archives are at
The mailing list address is
lvm-devel@lists.linux.dev
Please note that messages containing HTML or attachments may not
make it through the spam filters onto the lists.
Large log files, for example, should be put on the web - use a service
such as
if necessary - and the URL sent to the list instead.
Source code
The source code is stored in git and can be accessed with one of
git clone git@gitlab.com:lvmteam/lvm2.git
git clone https://gitlab.com/lvmteam/lvm2.git
There is a web interface to git at
Git repository moved to gitlab.com
New source code home is now at
To change the repository to new one, run in your clone:
git remote rename origin sourceware
git remote add origin git@gitlab.com:lvmteam/lvm2.git
You may want to set tracking branches:
git branch --set-upstream-to origin/main main
Upstream Bug Tracker
Please report upstream bugs or request features in Red Hat Bugzilla:
Documentation
There are
README
INSTALL
files
and
man pages
in the source package.
We have an old wiki at
The LVM HOWTO is at
. (This document is now very out-of-date.)
IRC
Channel #lvm on
Libera.Chat
Source code prior to 7th June 2012
Until 7th June 2012, the primary copy of the source code was maintained under CVS.
Mailing list archives of the CVS commits are available at
To access the old source code repository using CVS:
cvs -d :pserver:cvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/lvm2 login cvs
cvs -d :pserver:cvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/lvm2 checkout LVM2
The password is
cvs
Related projects
The original LVM:
Device-mapper:
US