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.TH PVCREATE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
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pvcreate \- initialize a disk or partition for use by LVM
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B pvcreate
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.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
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.RB [ \-f [ f ]| \-\-force " [" \-\-force ]]
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.RB [ \-y | \-\-yes ]
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.RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
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.RB [ \-t | \-\-test ]
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.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
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.RB [ \-\-labelsector ]
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.RB [ \-M | \-\-metadatatype type ]
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.RB [ \-\-metadatacopies #copies ]
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.RB [ \-\-metadatasize size ]
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.RB [ \-\-restorefile file ]
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.RB [ \-\-setphysicalvolumesize size ]
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.RB [ \-\-version ]
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.IR PhysicalVolume " [" PhysicalVolume ...]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B pvcreate
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initializes
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.I PhysicalVolume
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for later use by the Logical Volume Manager (LVM). Each
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.I PhysicalVolume
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can be a disk partition, whole disk, meta device, or loopback file.
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For DOS disk partitions, the partition id should be set to 0x8e using
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.BR fdisk "(8), " cfdisk "(8), "
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or a equivalent. For
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.B whole disk devices only
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the partition table must be erased, which will effectively destroy all
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data on that disk. This can be done by zeroing the first sector with:
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.sp
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.BI "dd if=/dev/zero of=" PhysicalVolume " bs=512 count=1"
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.sp
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Continue with
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.BR vgcreate (8)
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to create a new volume group on
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.IR PhysicalVolume ,
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or
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.BR vgextend (8)
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to add
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.I PhysicalVolume
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to an existing volume group.
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.SH OPTIONS
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See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options.
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.TP
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.BR \-f ", " \-\-force
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Force the creation without any confirmation. You can not recreate
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(reinitialize) a physical volume belonging to an existing volume group.
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In an emergency you can override this behaviour with -ff.
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.TP
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.BR \-u ", " \-\-uuid " uuid"
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Specify the uuid for the device.
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Without this option, \fBpvcreate\fP generates a random uuid.
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All of your physical volumes must have unique uuids.
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You need to use this option before restoring a backup of LVM metadata
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onto a replacement device - see \fBvgcfgrestore\fP(8).
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.TP
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.BR \-y ", " \-\-yes
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Answer yes to all questions.
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.SH NEW METADATA OPTIONS
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LVM2 introduces a new format for storing metadata on disk.
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This new format is more efficient and resilient than the format the
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original version of LVM used and offers the advanced user greater
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flexibility and control.
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.sp
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The new format may be selected on the command line with \fB-M2\fP or by
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setting \fBformat = "lvm2"\fP in the \fBglobal\fP section of \fBlvm.conf\fP.
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Each physical volume in the same volume group must use the same format, but
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different volume groups on a machine may use different formats
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simultaneously: the tools can handle both formats.
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Additional formats can be added as shared libraries.
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.sp
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Additional tools for manipulating the locations and sizes of metadata areas
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will be written in due course. Use the verbose/debug options on the tools
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to see where the metadata areas are placed.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-metadatasize " size"
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The approximate amount of space to be set aside for each metadata area.
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(The size you specify may get rounded.)
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.TP
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.BR \-\-metadatacopies " copies"
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The number of metadata areas to set aside on each PV. Currently
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this can be 0, 1 or 2.
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If set to 2 (the default), two copies of the volume group metadata
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are held on the PV, one at the front of the PV and one at the end.
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If set to 1, one copy is kept at the front of the PV (starting in the
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5th sector).
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If set to 0, no copies are kept on this PV - you might wish to use this
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with VGs containing large numbers of PVs. But if you do this and
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then later use \fBvgsplit\fP you must ensure that each VG is still going
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to have a suitable number of copies of the metadata after the split!
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.TP
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.BR \-\-restorefile " file"
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In conjunction with \fB--uuid\fP, this extracts the location and size
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of the data on the PV from the file (produced by \fBvgcfgbackup\fP)
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and ensures that the metadata that the program produces is consistent
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with the contents of the file i.e. the physical extents will be in
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the same place and not get overwritten by new metadata. This provides
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a mechanism to upgrade the metadata format or to add/remove metadata
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areas. Use with care. See also \fBvgconvert\fP(8).
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.TP
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.BR \-\-labelsector " sector"
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By default the PV is labelled with an LVM2 identifier in its second
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sector (sector 1). This lets you use a different sector near the
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start of the disk (between 0 and 3 inclusive - see LABEL_SCAN_SECTORS
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in the source). Use with care.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-setphysicalvolumesize " size"
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Overrides the automatically-detected size of the PV. Use with care.
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.SH Example
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Initialize partition #4 on the third SCSI disk and the entire fifth
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SCSI disk for later use by LVM:
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.sp
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.B pvcreate /dev/sdc4 /dev/sde
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.sp
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR lvm "(8), " vgcreate "(8), " vgextend "(8), " lvcreate "(8), "
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.BR cfdisk "(8), " fdisk "(8), " losetup "(8), " mdadd "(8), "
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.BR vgcfgrestore "(8), " vgconvert "(8)"
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