PVCHANGE
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)Updated: LVM TOOLS 2.02.95(2)-RHEL6 (2012-10-16)
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NAME
pvchange - change attributes of a physical volumeSYNOPSIS
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)
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