PVSCAN

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: LVM TOOLS 2.02.53(1) (2009-09-25)
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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)