PVSCAN(8)PVSCAN(8)NAMEpvscan - scan all disks for physical volumes
SYNOPSISpvscan [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose] [--version] [--ignore‐
lockingfailure] [-e|--exported] [-n|--novolumegroup] [-s|--short]
[-u|--uuid]
DESCRIPTIONpvscan scans all supported LVM block devices in the system for physical
volumes.
OPTIONS
See lvm(8) 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 ALSOlvm(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8)Sistina Software UK LVM TOOLS 2.02.86(2) (2011-07-08) PVSCAN(8)