LVM2-ACTIVATION-GENERATOR(8) LVM2-ACTIVATION-GENERATOR(8)
NAME
lvm2-activation-generator - generator for systemd units to activate LVM
volumes on boot
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/lvm2-activation-generator
DESCRIPTION
The lvm2-activation-generator is called by systemd(1) on boot to gener-
ate systemd units at runtime to activate LVM Logical Volumes (LVs) when
global/event_activation=0 is set in lvm.conf(5). These units use
vgchange -aay to activate LVs.
If event_activation=1, the lvm2-activation-generator exits immediately
without generating any systemd units, and LVM fully relies on event-
based activation to activate LVs. In this case, event-generated pvscan
--cache -aay commands activate LVs.
These systemd units are generated by lvm2-activation-generator:
lvm2-activation-early.service is run before systemd's special crypt-
setup.target to activate LVs that are not layered on top of encrypted
devices.
lvm2-activation.service is run after systemd's special cryptsetup.tar-
get to activate LVs that are layered on top of encrypted devices.
lvm2-activation-net.service is run after systemd's special
remote-fs-pre.target to activate LVs that are layered on attached
remote devices.
Note that all the underlying LVM devices (Physical Volumes) need to be
present when the service is run. If the there are any devices that
appear to the system later, LVs using these devices need to be acti-
vated directly by lvchange(8) or vgchange(8).
The lvm2-activation-generator implements the Generators Specification
as referenced in systemd(1).
SEE ALSO
lvm.conf(5), vgchange(8), lvchange(8), pvscan(8),
systemd(1), systemd.target(5), systemd.special(7),
udev(7)
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