.TH LVMDISKSCAN 8 "LVM TOOLS 2.02.95(2) (2012-03-06)" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*- .SH NAME lvmdiskscan \- scan for all devices visible to LVM2 .SH SYNOPSIS .B lvmdiskscan [\-d|\-\-debug] [\-h|\-?|\-\-help] [\-l|\-\-lvmpartition] [\-v|\-\-verbose] .SH DESCRIPTION \fBlvmdiskscan\fP scans all SCSI, (E)IDE disks, multiple devices and a bunch of other block devices in the system looking for LVM physical volumes. The size reported is the real device size. Define a filter in \fBlvm.conf\fP(5) to restrict the scan to avoid a CD ROM, for example. .SH OPTIONS See \fBlvm\fP for common options. .TP .I \-l, \-\-lvmpartition Only reports Physical Volumes. .SH SEE ALSO .BR lvm (8), .BR lvm.conf (5), .BR pvscan (8), .BR vgscan (8)