How can an administrator use the logical volume information returned by the lslv -m command?

Available unused space within a logical volume is not reported by lslv -m; commands such as df or lsvg are used to determine free or unallocated space.

lslv -m shows only allocated physical partitions; free physical partitions available for new allocations are identified using lspv.

The -m flag instructs lslv to produce a partition map listing each logical partition number alongside the physical volume name and physical partition number it occupies, giving the administrator a precise view of which physical partitions are allocated to the logical volume across all member disks.

The current state of a logical volume such as open, closed, or stale is reported by lslv without the -m flag, not by the partition map output.