PVCHANGE(8)PVCHANGE(8)NAMEpvchange - change attributes of a physical volume
SYNOPSISpvchange [--addtag Tag] [-A/--autobackup y/n] [-d/--debug] [--deltag
Tag] [-h/-?/--help] [-t/--test] [-v/--verbose] [-a/--all] [-x/--allo‐
catable y/n] [PhysicalVolumePath...]
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.
-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 PVCHANGE(8)