NAME

pvscan - scan all disks for physical volumes

SYNOPSIS

pvscan [-d|--debug] [-e|--exported] [-h|--help] [--ignorelockingfailure] [-n|--novolumegroup] [-s|--short] [-u|--uuid] [-v[v]|--verbose [--verbose]]

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

See lvm 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.

SEE ALSO

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