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lvm2/man/pvchange.8
Alasdair Kergon b80f32dd0a Clarify terminology:
VG is resizeable  - PVs can be added or removed
  PV is allocatable - free extents on it may be allocated to LVs
2002-01-10 15:09:51 +00:00

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.TH PVCHANGE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
pvchange \- change attributes of a physical volume
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pvchange
[\-A/\-\-autobackup y/n] [\-d/\-\-debug] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help]
[\-v/\-\-verbose] [\-a/\-\-all] [\-x/\-\-allocatable y/n] [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, \-\-autobackup y/n
Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see
.B vgcfgbackup(8)
). Default is yes.
.TP
.I \-a, \-\-all
If PhysicalVolumePath is not specified on the command line all
physical volumes are searched for and used.
.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)