NAME¶
pvchange - change attributes of a physical volume
SYNOPSIS¶
pvchange [--addtag Tag] [-A|--autobackup y|n] [-d|--debug] [-f|--force]
[--deltag Tag] [--metadataignore y|n] [-h|-?|--help] [-t|--test]
[-v|--verbose] [-a|--all] [-x|--allocatable y|n] [-u|--uuid]
[PhysicalVolumePath...]
DESCRIPTION¶
pvchange allows you to change the allocation permissions of one or more physical
volumes.
OPTIONS¶
See
lvm for common options.
- -a, --all
- If PhysicalVolumePath is not specified on the command line
all physical volumes are searched for and used.
- --metadataignore y|n
- Ignore or un-ignore metadata areas on this physical volume.
If metadata areas on a physical volume are ignored, LVM will not not store
metadata in the metadata areas present on this Physical Volume.
- -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.
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.
SEE ALSO¶
lvm(8),
pvcreate(8)