PVCHANGE(8) System Manager's Manual PVCHANGE(8)

pvchange - change attributes of a physical volume

pvchange [--addtag Tag] [-A|--autobackup y|n] [-d|--debug] [--deltag Tag] [-h|-?|--help] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] [-a|--all] [-x|--allocatable y|n] [-u|--uuid] [PhysicalVolumePath...]

pvchange allows you to change the allocation permissions of one or more physical volumes.

See lvm for common options.

If PhysicalVolumePath is not specified on the command line all physical volumes are searched for and used.
Generate new random UUID for specified physical volumes.
Enable or disable allocation of physical extents on this physical volume.

"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.

lvm(8), pvcreate(8)

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