PVCHANGE(8)PVCHANGE(8)NAMEpvchange - change attributes of a physical volume
SYNOPSISpvchange [--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] [Physi‐
calVolumePath...]
DESCRIPTIONpvchange 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 Physi‐
cal Volume.
-u, --uuid
Generate new random UUID for specified physical volumes.
-x, --allocatable y|n
Enable or disable allocation of physical extents on this physi‐
cal 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 ALSOlvm(8), pvcreate(8)Sistina Software UK LVM TOOLS 2.02.86(2) (2011-07-08) PVCHANGE(8)