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Manual Reference Pages  - PVSCAN (8)

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pvscan - scan all disks for physical volumes

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pvscan [-d|--debug] [-e|--exported] [-h|--help] [--ignorelockingfailure] [-n|--novolumegroup] [-s|--short] [-u|--uuid] [-v[v]|--verbose [--verbose]]

pvscan scans all supported LVM block devices in the system for physical volumes.

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-e, --exported
	Only show physical volumes belonging to exported volume groups.
-n, --novolumegroup
	Only show physical volumes not belonging to any volume group.
-s, --short
	Short listing format.
-u, --uuid
	Show UUIDs (Uniform Unique Identifiers) in addition to device special names.

lvm(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8)

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