[linux-lvm] convert logical sector -> physical sector + pv/vg extent number

[Roland]

 > any chance to get retrieve this information for automated/script
based processing ?

after long trial and error and reading manpages, i got it (see below):

what i'm yet missing is how "translation" of the headings/fields in
normal output can be avoided , i.e print the technical/internal field
name instead of a "human readable" or "translated" one.

'seg_start_pe' and 'pvseg_start' for example both translate to "Start",
and that does not only make it hard to read (and makes no real sense to
have duplicate field names) ,  but it's also difficult to build an
appropriate output field command option from the default output.  i
remember i had such issue with other tools...

think this is a missing feature ?

roland


# pvs --segments -olv_name,seg_start_pe,seg_size_pe,pvseg_start -S
lv_name=usedblocks -O seg_start
    LV         Start SSize Start
    usedblocks     0     1   512
    usedblocks     1   233     1
    usedblocks   234     1   513
    usedblocks   235   277   235

# pvs --segments -olv_name,seg_start_pe,seg_size_pe,pvseg_start -S
lv_name=markedbad -O seg_start
    LV        Start SSize Start
    markedbad     0     1  1022
    markedbad     1     1     0
    markedbad     2     1   234

# pvs --segments -olv_name,seg_start_pe,seg_size_pe,pvseg_start -S
lv_name=markedbad -O seg_start --nameprefixes --noheadings
    LVM2_LV_NAME='markedbad' LVM2_SEG_START_PE='0' LVM2_SEG_SIZE_PE='1'
LVM2_PVSEG_START='1022'
    LVM2_LV_NAME='markedbad' LVM2_SEG_START_PE='1' LVM2_SEG_SIZE_PE='1'
LVM2_PVSEG_START='0'
    LVM2_LV_NAME='markedbad' LVM2_SEG_START_PE='2' LVM2_SEG_SIZE_PE='1'
LVM2_PVSEG_START='234'

# pvs --segments -olv_name,seg_start_pe,seg_size_pe,pvseg_start -S
lv_name=usedblocks -O seg_start --nameprefixes --noheadings
    LVM2_LV_NAME='usedblocks' LVM2_SEG_START_PE='0' LVM2_SEG_SIZE_PE='1'
LVM2_PVSEG_START='512'
    LVM2_LV_NAME='usedblocks' LVM2_SEG_START_PE='1'
LVM2_SEG_SIZE_PE='233' LVM2_PVSEG_START='1'
    LVM2_LV_NAME='usedblocks' LVM2_SEG_START_PE='234'
LVM2_SEG_SIZE_PE='1' LVM2_PVSEG_START='513'
    LVM2_LV_NAME='usedblocks' LVM2_SEG_START_PE='235'
LVM2_SEG_SIZE_PE='277' LVM2_PVSEG_START='235'

Am 03.01.22 um 12:13 schrieb Roland:
> thanks!
>
> any chance to get retrieve this information for automated/script based
> processing ?
>
> roland
>
>
> Am 03.01.22 um 00:12 schrieb Andy Smith:
>> Hi Roland,
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 08:00:30PM +0100, Roland wrote:
>>> if i have a logical sector/block "x" on a lvm logical volume ,  is
>>> there
>>> a way to easily calculate/determine (optimally by script/cli) the
>>> corresponding physical sector of the physical device it belongs to and
>>> the extent number of the appropiate pv/vg where it resides ?
>> lvdisplay --maps /path/to/lv
>>
>> tells you all the mappings of logical extents within the LV to
>> physical extents within the PV.
>>
>> pvdisplay --units s /dev/yourpv | grep 'PE Size'
>>
>> tells you the size of a physical extent in sectors.
>>
>> Between those you can work out the sector number on the physical
>> device for a sector number on a logical volume.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andy
>>
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