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+========================================
+ ceph-volume -- Ceph OSD deployment tool
+========================================
+
+.. program:: ceph-volume
+
+Synopsis
+========
+
+| **ceph-volume** [-h] [--cluster CLUSTER] [--log-level LOG_LEVEL]
+|                 [--log-path LOG_PATH]
+
+| **ceph-volume** **lvm** [ *trigger* | *create* | *activate* | *prepare* ]
+
+Description
+===========
+
+:program:`ceph-volume` is a single purpose command line tool to deploy logical
+volumes as OSDs, trying to maintain a similar API to ``ceph-disk`` when
+preparing, activating, and creating OSDs.
+
+It deviates from ``ceph-disk`` by not interacting or relying on the udev rules
+that come installed for Ceph. These rules allow automatic detection of
+previously setup devices that are in turn fed into ``ceph-disk`` to activate
+them.
+
+
+Commands
+========
+
+lvm
+---
+
+By making use of LVM tags, the ``lvm`` sub-command is able to store and later
+re-discover and query devices associated with OSDs so that they can later
+activated.
+
+Subcommands:
+
+**activate**
+Enables a systemd unit that persists the OSD ID and its UUID (also called
+``fsid`` in Ceph CLI tools), so that at boot time it can understand what OSD is
+enabled and needs to be mounted.
+
+Usage::
+
+    ceph-volume lvm activate --filestore <osd id> <osd fsid>
+
+Optional Arguments:
+
+* [-h, --help]  show the help message and exit
+* [--bluestore] filestore objectstore (not yet implemented)
+* [--filestore] filestore objectstore (current default)
+
+
+**prepare**
+Prepares a logical volume to be used as an OSD and journal using a ``filestore`` setup
+(``bluestore`` support is planned). It will not create or modify the logical volumes
+except for adding extra metadata.
+
+Usage::
+
+    ceph-volume lvm prepare --filestore --data <data lv> --journal <journal device>
+
+Optional arguments:
+
+* [-h, --help]          show the help message and exit
+* [--journal JOURNAL]   A logical group name, path to a logical volume, or path to a device
+* [--journal-size GB]   Size (in GB) A logical group name or a path to a logical volume
+* [--bluestore]         Use the bluestore objectstore (not currently supported)
+* [--filestore]         Use the filestore objectstore (currently the only supported object store)
+* [--osd-id OSD_ID]     Reuse an existing OSD id
+* [--osd-fsid OSD_FSID] Reuse an existing OSD fsid
+
+Required arguments:
+
+* --data                A logical group name or a path to a logical volume
+
+**create**
+Wraps the two-step process to provision a new osd (calling ``prepare`` first
+and then ``activate``) into a single one. The reason to prefer ``prepare`` and
+then ``activate`` is to gradually introduce new OSDs into a cluster, and
+avoiding large amounts of data being rebalanced.
+
+The single-call process unifies exactly what ``prepare`` and ``activate`` do,
+with the convenience of doing it all at once. Flags and general usage are
+equivalent to those of the ``prepare`` subcommand.
+
+**trigger**
+This subcommand is not meant to be used directly, and it is used by systemd so
+that it proxies input to ``ceph-volume lvm activate`` by parsing the
+input from systemd, detecting the UUID and ID associated with an OSD.
+
+Usage::
+
+    ceph-volume lvm trigger <SYSTEMD-DATA>
+
+The systemd "data" is expected to be in the format of::
+
+    <OSD ID>-<OSD UUID>
+
+The lvs associated with the OSD need to have been prepared previously,
+so that all needed tags and metadata exist.
+
+Positional arguments:
+
+* <SYSTEMD_DATA>  Data from a systemd unit containing ID and UUID of the OSD.
+
+Availability
+============
+
+:program:`ceph-volume` is part of Ceph, a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system. Please refer to
+the documentation at http://docs.ceph.com/ for more information.
+
+
+See also
+========
+
+:doc:`ceph-osd <ceph-osd>`\(8),
+:doc:`ceph-disk <ceph-disk>`\(8),