pvscan(8) - Linux man page

Name

pvscan - scan all disks for physical volumes

Synopsis

pvscan [-d|--debug] [-e|--exported] [-h|--help] [--ignorelockingfailure] [-n|--novolumegroup] [-s|--short] [-u|--uuid] [-v[v]|--verbose [--verbose]]

Description

pvscan scans all supported LVM block devices in the system for physical volumes.

Options

See lvm for common options.
-e, --exported
Only show physical volumes belonging to exported volume groups.
-n, --novolumegroup
Only show physical volumes not belonging to any volume group.
-s, --short
Short listing format.
-u, --uuid
Show UUIDs (Uniform Unique Identifiers) in addition to device special names.

See Also

lvm(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8)

Referenced By

lvmdiskscan(8), pvck(8), vgconvert(8), vgexport(8), vgimport(8)