NAME¶

pvscan - scan all disks for physical volumes

SYNOPSIS¶

pvscan [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose] [--version] [--ignorelockingfailure] [-e|--exported] [-n|--novolumegroup] [-s|--short] [-u|--uuid] pvscan [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] --cache [--major major --minor minor | DevicePath ] ...

DESCRIPTION¶

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

OPTIONS¶

See lvm(8) 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.

--cache [ --major major --minor minor | DevicePath ] ...

Scan one or more devices and instruct the lvmetad daemon to update its cached state accordingly. Called internally by udev rules. All devices listed explicitly are processed regardless of any device filters set in lvm.conf.

SEE ALSO¶

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