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.TH PVSCAN 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
pvscan \- scan all disks for physical volumes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pvscan
.RB [ \-\-cache " " [ DevicePath ... ] ]
.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
.RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
.RB [ \-\-version ]
.RB [ \-\-ignorelockingfailure ]
.RB [ \-e | \-\-exported ]
.RB [ \-n | \-\-novolumegroup ]
.RB [ \-s | \-\-short ]
.RB [ \-u | \-\-uuid ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B pvscan
scans all supported LVM block devices in the system for physical volumes.
.SH OPTIONS
See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options.
.TP
.BR \-e ", " \-\-exported
Only show physical volumes belonging to exported volume groups.
.TP
.BR \-n ", " \-\-novolumegroup
Only show physical volumes not belonging to any volume group.
.TP
.BR \-s ", " \-\-short
Short listing format.
.TP
.BR \-u ", " \-\-uuid
Show UUIDs (Uniform Unique Identifiers) in addition to device special names.
.TP
.BR \-\-cache " " [ 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 \fBregardless\fP of any device
filters set in lvm.conf.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8),
.BR pvcreate (8),
.BR pvdisplay (8)
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5951ef33	1	.TH PVSCAN 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -- nroff --
922ce479 AK	2	.SH NAME
	3	pvscan \- scan all disks for physical volumes
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B pvscan
35216ca6	6	.RB [ \-\-cache " " [ DevicePath ... ] ]
a1dbe74c ZK	7	.RB [ \-d \| \-\-debug ]
	8	.RB [ \-h \| \-\-help ]
	9	.RB [ \-v \| \-\-verbose ]
	10	.RB [ \-\-version ]
	11	.RB [ \-\-ignorelockingfailure ]
667d14e3 ZK	12	.RB [ \-e \| \-\-exported ]
	13	.RB [ \-n \| \-\-novolumegroup ]
	14	.RB [ \-s \| \-\-short ]
	15	.RB [ \-u \| \-\-uuid ]
922ce479 AK	16	.SH DESCRIPTION
	17	.B pvscan
	18	scans all supported LVM block devices in the system for physical volumes.
	19	.SH OPTIONS
667d14e3	20	See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options.
922ce479 AK	21	.TP
	22	.BR \-e ", " \-\-exported
	23	Only show physical volumes belonging to exported volume groups.
	24	.TP
	25	.BR \-n ", " \-\-novolumegroup
	26	Only show physical volumes not belonging to any volume group.
	27	.TP
	28	.BR \-s ", " \-\-short
	29	Short listing format.
	30	.TP
	31	.BR \-u ", " \-\-uuid
5a52dca9	32	Show UUIDs (Uniform Unique Identifiers) in addition to device special names.
f0582ee6	33	.TP
35216ca6 AK	34	.BR \-\-cache " " [ DevicePath... ]
	35	Scan one or more devices and instruct the lvmetad daemon to update its cached
	36	state accordingly. Called internally by udev rules.
	37	All devices listed explicitly are processed \fBregardless\fP of any device
	38	filters set in lvm.conf.
922ce479 AK	39	.SH SEE ALSO
	40	.BR lvm (8),
	41	.BR pvcreate (8),
	42	.BR pvdisplay (8)