Topics: AIX, LVM, System Admin

LVM command history

Want to know which LVM commands were run on a system? Simply run the following command, and get a list of the LVM command history:

# alog -o -t lvmcfg
To filter out only the actual commands: 
# alog -o -t lvmcfg | grep -v -E "workdir|exited|tellclvmd"
[S 06/11/13-16:52:02:236 lvmstat.c 468] lvmstat -v testvg
[S 06/11/13-16:52:02:637 lvmstat.c 468] lvmstat -v rootvg
[S 07/20/13-15:02:15:076 extendlv.sh 789] extendlv testlv 400
[S 07/20/13-15:02:33:199 chlv.sh 527] chlv -x 4096 testlv
[S 08/22/13-12:29:16:807 chlv.sh 527] chlv -e x testlv
[S 08/22/13-12:29:26:150 chlv.sh 527] chlv -e x fslv00
[S 08/22/13-12:29:46:009 chlv.sh 527] chlv -e x loglv00
[S 08/22/13-12:30:55:843 reorgvg.sh 590] reorgvg
The information for this LVM command history is stored in /var/adm/ras/lvmcfg.log. You can check the location for a circular log, by running: 
# alog -t lvmcfg -L
#file:size:verbosity
/var/adm/ras/lvmcfg.log:51200:3
More detail can also be found in the lvmt log, by running:
# alog -t lvmt -o




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