man/pvscan.8.in

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