* [--no-systemd] Skip creating and enabling systemd units and starting of OSD
services
+Multiple OSDs can be activated at once by using the (idempotent) ``--all`` flag::
+
+ ceph-volume lvm activate --all
+
**prepare**
Prepares a logical volume to be used as an OSD and journal using a ``filestore``
* --data A logical group name or a path to a logical volume
+For encrypting an OSD, the ``--dmcrypt`` flag must be added when preparing
+(also supported in the ``create`` sub-command).
+
+
**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