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 [ \-\-cache " " [ DevicePath ... ] ]
   7 .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
   8 .RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
   9 .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
  10 .RB [ \-\-version ]
  11 .RB [ \-\-ignorelockingfailure ]
  12 .RB [ \-e | \-\-exported ]
  13 .RB [ \-n | \-\-novolumegroup ]
  14 .RB [ \-s | \-\-short ]
  15 .RB [ \-u | \-\-uuid ]
  16 .SH DESCRIPTION
  17 .B pvscan
  18 scans all supported LVM block devices in the system for physical volumes.
  19 .SH OPTIONS
  20 See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options.
  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
  32 Show UUIDs (Uniform Unique Identifiers) in addition to device special names.
  33 .TP
  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.
  39 .SH SEE ALSO
  40 .BR lvm (8),
  41 .BR pvcreate (8),
  42 .BR pvdisplay (8)