lvm2/man/pvscan.8.in

.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 [ 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 [ DevicePath... ]
Scan a single device and instruct the lvmetad daemon to update its cached
state.  Called internally by udev rules. The device is processed
\fBregardless\fP of any device filters set in lvm.conf.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8),
.BR pvcreate (8),
.BR pvdisplay (8)