NAME

       lvmdiskscan - List devices that may be used as physical volumes

SYNOPSIS

       lvmdiskscan
           [ option_args ]

DESCRIPTION

       lvmdiskscan  scans  all  SCSI,  (E)IDE  disks, multiple devices and a bunch of other block devices in the
       system looking for LVM PVs. The size reported is the real device size. Define a filter in lvm.conf(5)  to
       restrict the scan to avoid a CD ROM, for example.

       This command is deprecated, use pvs instead.

USAGE

       lvmdiskscan
           [ -l|--lvmpartition ]
           [    --readonly ]
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]

       Common options for lvm:
           [ -d|--debug ]
           [ -h|--help ]
           [ -q|--quiet ]
           [ -t|--test ]
           [ -v|--verbose ]
           [ -y|--yes ]
           [    --commandprofile String ]
           [    --config String ]
           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
           [    --longhelp ]
           [    --profile String ]
           [    --version ]

OPTIONS

       --commandprofile String
              The command profile to use for command configuration.  See lvm.conf(5) for more information about
              profiles.

       --config String
              Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf settings.  The String arg uses the same
              format as lvm.conf, or may use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5) for more information about
              config.

       -d|--debug ...
              Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of messages sent to the log file
              and/or syslog (if configured).

       --driverloaded y|n
              If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.  For testing and debugging.

       -h|--help
              Display help text.

       --longhelp
              Display long help text.

       -l|--lvmpartition
              Only report PVs.

       --profile String
              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command.

       -q|--quiet ...
              Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose.  Repeat once to also suppress
              any prompts with answer 'no'.

       --readonly
              Run the command in a special read-only mode which will read on-disk metadata without needing to
              take any locks. This can be used to peek inside metadata used by a virtual machine image while the
              virtual machine is running.  It can also be used to peek inside the metadata of clustered VGs when
              clustered locking is not configured or running. No attempt will be made to communicate with the
              device-mapper kernel driver, so this option is unable to report whether or not LVs are actually in
              use.

       -t|--test
              Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata.  This is implemented by disabling all
              metadata writing but nevertheless returning success to the calling function. This may lead to
              unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool relies on reading back metadata it
              believes has changed but hasn't.

       -v|--verbose ...
              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent to stdout and
              stderr.

       --version
              Display version information.

       -y|--yes
              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes. Use with extreme
              caution.  (For automatic no, see -qq.)

VARIABLES

       String
              See the option description for information about the string content.

       Size[UNIT]
              Size is an input number that accepts an optional unit.  Input units are always treated as base two
              values, regardless of capitalization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024.  The default input unit
              is specified  by  letter,  followed  by  |UNIT.   UNIT  represents  other  possible  input  units:
              bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE.   b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is kilobytes, m|M is megabytes,
              g|G is gigabytes, t|T is terabytes, p|P is petabytes,  e|E  is  exabytes.   (This  should  not  be
              confused with the output control --units, where capital letters mean multiple of 1000.)

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See  lvm(8)  for  information  about  environment  variables  used  by lvm.  For example, LVM_VG_NAME can
       generally be substituted for a required VG parameter.

SEE ALSO

       lvm(8) lvm.conf(5) lvmconfig(8)

       pvchange(8) pvck(8) pvcreate(8) pvdisplay(8) pvmove(8) pvremove(8) pvresize(8) pvs(8) pvscan(8)

       vgcfgbackup(8) vgcfgrestore(8) vgchange(8)  vgck(8)  vgcreate(8)  vgconvert(8)  vgdisplay(8)  vgexport(8)
       vgextend(8)  vgimport(8)  vgimportclone(8)  vgmerge(8)  vgmknodes(8)  vgreduce(8) vgremove(8) vgrename(8)
       vgs(8) vgscan(8) vgsplit(8)

       lvcreate(8)  lvchange(8)  lvconvert(8)  lvdisplay(8)  lvextend(8)  lvreduce(8)  lvremove(8)   lvrename(8)
       lvresize(8) lvs(8) lvscan(8)

       lvm-fullreport(8) lvm-lvpoll(8) lvm2-activation-generator(8) blkdeactivate(8) lvmdump(8)

       dmeventd(8) lvmetad(8) lvmpolld(8) lvmlockd(8) lvmlockctl(8) clvmd(8) cmirrord(8) lvmdbusd(8)

       lvmsystemid(7) lvmreport(7) lvmraid(7) lvmthin(7) lvmcache(7)