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] [PhysicalVolumePath...]
DESCRIPTIONpvchange allows you to change the allocation permissions of one or more
physical volumes.
OPTIONS
See lvm(8) 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
Disallows the allocation of physical extents on this physical volume
(possibly because of disk errors, or because it will be removed after
freeing it:
pvchange-x n /dev/sdk1
SEE ALSOlvm(8), pvcreate(8)Sistina Software UKLVM TOOLS 2.02.103(2)-RHEL7 (2013-10-10) PVCHANGE(8)