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From: Roger James <roger@beardandsandals.co.uk>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Where are the data blocks of an LV?
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 09:58:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <18239bac630.27a5.d4b3b9aee17a85f6bc878c68b3925db6@beardandsandals.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFsGsxLOyawZH7xxgfLNkh=VftBNAaDStE0XQgQTGf9NmyZ+ZQ@mail.gmail.com>


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See https://talk.manageiq.org/t/lvm-internals-structures-disk-layout/1328

On 26 July 2022 09:16:31 Marcin Owsiany <marcin@owsiany.pl> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I know that it is possible to find where a given logical volume's extents 
> start on a PVs thanks to the information printed by lvdisplay --maps.
>
> I was also able to experimentally establish that the actual data of an LV 
> starts one megabyte after that location. Is that offset documented 
> anywhere, or can I somehow discover it at runtime for a given LV?
>
> regards,
> Marcin
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  reply	other threads:[~2022-07-27  7:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-07-22 17:30 [linux-lvm] Where are the data blocks of an LV? Marcin Owsiany
2022-07-26  8:58 ` Roger James [this message]
2022-07-26 18:22 ` Stuart D Gathman

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