LVMDISKSCAN
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: LVM TOOLS 2.02.53(1) (2009-09-25)
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NAME
lvmdiskscan - scan for all devices visible to LVM2
SYNOPSIS
lvmdiskscan
[-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help]
[-l|--lvmpartition]
[-v|--verbose]
DESCRIPTION
lvmdiskscan 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)