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.
- -a, --all
- If PhysicalVolumePath is not specified on the command line all physical
volumes are searched for and used.
- -u, --uuid
- Generate new random UUID for specified physical volumes.
- -x, --allocatable y|n
- 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.