PVCHANGE
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: LVM TOOLS 2.02.53(1) (2009-09-25)
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NAME
pvchange - change attributes of a physical volume
SYNOPSIS
pvchange
[--addtag Tag]
[-A|--autobackup y|n] [-d|--debug]
[--deltag Tag]
[-h|-?|--help]
[-t|--test]
[-v|--verbose] [-a|--all] [-x|--allocatable y|n]
[-u|--uuid] [PhysicalVolumePath...]
DESCRIPTION
pvchange allows you to change the allocation permissions of one or
more physical volumes.
OPTIONS
See lvm for common options.
- -a, --all
-
If PhysicalVolumePath is not specified on the command line all
physical volumes are searched for and used.
- -u, --uuid
-
Generate new random UUID for specified physical volumes.
- -x, --allocatable y|n
-
Enable or disable allocation of physical extents on this physical volume.
Example
"pvchange -x n /dev/sdk1" disallows the allocation of physical extents
on this physical volume (possibly because of disk errors, or because it will
be removed after freeing it.
SEE ALSO
lvm(8),
pvcreate(8)