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NAME

       pvck — check physical volume metadata

SYNOPSIS

       pvck  [--commandprofile  ProfileName]  [-d|--debug]  [-h|--help]  [-v|--verbose]  [--labelsector  sector]
       PhysicalVolume [PhysicalVolume...]

DESCRIPTION

       pvck checks physical volume LVM metadata for consistency.

OPTIONS

       See lvm(8) for common options.

       --labelsector sector
              By default, 4 sectors of PhysicalVolume are scanned for an LVM label, starting at sector 0.   This
              parameter  allows  you  to  specify  a  different  starting  sector for the scan and is useful for
              recovery situations.  For example, suppose the partition table is corrupted or lost  on  /dev/sda,
              but you suspect there was an LVM partition at approximately 100 MiB.  This area of the disk may be
              scanned by using the --labelsector parameter with a value of 204800 (100 * 1024 *  1024  /  512  =
              204800):

              pvck --labelsector 204800 /dev/sda

              Note that a script can be used with --labelsector to automate the process of finding LVM labels.

SEE ALSO

       lvm(8), pvcreate(8), pvscan(8) vgck(8)