lvmdiskscan(8) - Linux man page

Name

lvmdiskscan - scan for all devices visible to LVM2

Synopsis

lvmdiskscan [-d/--debug] [-h/-?/--help] [-l/--lvmpartition] [-v/--verbose]

Description

vgscan scans all SCSI, (E)IDE disks, multiple devices and a bunch of other block devices in the system looking for LVM physical volumes. The size reported is the real device size. Define a filter in lvm.conf(5) to restrict the scan to avoid a CD ROM, for example.

Options

See lvm for common options.
-l, --lvmpartition
Only reports Physical Volumes.

See Also

lvm(8), lvm.conf(5), pvscan(8), vgscan(8)