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LVM2-ACTIVATION-GENERATOR(8) LVM2-ACTIVATION-GENERATOR(8)
lvm2-activation-generator - generator for systemd units to activate
LVM2 volumes on boot
/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/lvm2-activation-generator
The lvm2-activation-generator is called by systemd(1) on boot to
generate systemd units at runtime to activate LVM2 volumes if
lvmetad(8) is disabled (global/use_lvmetad=0 lvm.conf(5) option is
used). Otherwise, if lvmetad(8) is enabled, the
lvm2-activation-generator exits immediately without generating any
systemd units and LVM2 fully relies on event-based activation to
activate the LVM2 volumes instead using the pvscan(8) (pvscan --cache
-aay) call that is a part of udev(8) rules.
These systemd units are generated by lvm2-activation-generator:
lvm2-activation-early.service used for activation of LVM2 volumes
that is ordered before systemd's special cryptsetup.target to support
LVM2 volumes which are not layered on top of encrypted devices.
lvm2-activation.service used for activation of LVM2 volumes that is
ordered after systemd's special cryptsetup.target to support LVM2
volumes which are layered on top of encrypted devices.
lvm2-activation-net.service used for activation of LVM2 volumes that
is ordered after systemd's special remote-fs-pre.target to support
LVM2 volumes which are layered on attached remote devices.
Note that all the underlying devices (Physical Volumes) need to be
present when the service is run. If the there are any devices
presented in the system anytime later, any LVM2 volumes on top of
such devices need to be activated directly by lvchange(8) or
vgchange(8). This limitation does not exist when using lvmetad(8) and
accompanying event-based activation since such LVM volumes are
activated automatically as soon as the Volume Group is ready (all the
Physical Volumes making up the Volume Group are present in the
system).
The lvm2-activation-generator implements the Generators Specification
as referenced in systemd(1).
lvm.conf(5) vgchange(8) lvchange(8) lvmetad(8) pvscan(8) udev(7)
systemd(1) systemd.target(5) systemd.special(7)
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