GNU/Linux |
RedHat 9.0(Shrike) |
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pvscan(8) |
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pvscan − scan all disks for physical volumes
pvscan [−d|−−debug] [−e|−−exported] [−h|−−help] [−n|−−novolumegroup] [−s|−−short] [−u|−−uuid] [−v[v]|−−verbose [−−verbose]]
pvscan scans all supported LVM block devices in the system for physical volumes.
OPTIONS
−d, −−debug
Enables additional debugging output (if compiled with DEBUG).
−e, −−exported
Only show physical volumes belonging to exported volume groups.
−h, −−help
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
−n, −−novolumegroup
Only show physical volumes not belonging to any volume group.
−s, −−short
Short listing format.
−u, −−uuid
Show UUIDs (Unifrom Unique Identifiers) in addition to device special names.
−v, −−verbose
Gives verbose runtime information about pvscan’s activities. If given a second time it displays the attributes of found physical volumes like pvdisplay(8) does.
pvscan returns an exit code of 0 for success or >0 for error:
1 error reading
physical volumes
2 no physical volumes found
95
driver/module not in kernel
96 invalid I/O protocol version
97 error locking logical volume manager
98 invalid lvmtab (run vgscan(8))
99 invalid command line
lvm(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8)
Heinz Mauelshagen <Linux-LVM@Sistina.com>
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