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Dave Wysochanski 8c013d78b6 Minor man page updates related to metadataignore and vgmetadatacopies.
pvchange: Add --metadataignore description
vgchange: Fix minor formatting
pvcreate: Update metadataignore description to refer to pvchange
lvm.conf: Refer to pvcreate and pvchange for metadata options.
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.TH PVCHANGE 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
pvchange \- change attributes of a physical volume
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pvchange
[\-\-addtag Tag]
[\-A|\-\-autobackup y|n] [\-d|\-\-debug]
[\-f|\-\-force]
[\-\-deltag Tag]
[\-\-metadataignore y|n]
[\-h|\-?|\-\-help]
[\-t|\-\-test]
[\-v|\-\-verbose] [\-a|\-\-all] [\-x|\-\-allocatable y|n]
[\-u|\-\-uuid] [PhysicalVolumePath...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
pvchange allows you to change the allocation permissions of one or
more physical volumes.
.SH OPTIONS
See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
.TP
.I \-a, \-\-all
If PhysicalVolumePath is not specified on the command line all
physical volumes are searched for and used.
.TP
.I \-\-metadataignore " y|n"
Ignore or un-ignore metadata areas on this physical volume.
If metadata areas on a physical volume are ignored, LVM will
not not store metadata in the metadata areas present on this Physical
Volume.
.TP
.I \-u, \-\-uuid
Generate new random UUID for specified physical volumes.
.TP
.I \-x, \-\-allocatable y|n
Enable or disable allocation of physical extents on this physical volume.
.SH Example
"pvchange -x n /dev/sdk1" disallows the allocation of physical extents
on this physical volume (possibly because of disk errors, or because it will
be removed after freeing it.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8),
.BR pvcreate (8)