NAME

       pvscan - scan all disks for physical volumes

SYNOPSIS

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

       pvscan [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] --cache [-a|--activate ay] [--major major --minor minor  |
       DevicePath]...

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

       See lvm(8) for common options.

       -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.

       -a, --activate ay
              Together with the information already cached in lvmetad, automatically activate any
              logical volumes that become activatable after the scan done on one or more devices.
              The     logical     volume    to    autoactivate    is    matched    against    the
              activation/auto_activation_volume_list set in lvm.conf. Autoactivation is  not  yet
              supported on logical volumes that are part of partial or clustered volume groups.

       --cache [--major major --minor minor | DevicePath ]...
              Scan one or more devices and instruct the lvmetad daemon to update its cached state
              accordingly.  Called internally by udev rules.  All devices listed  explicitly  are
              processed regardless of any device filters set in lvm.conf.

SEE ALSO

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