NAME

pvchange - change attributes of a physical volume

SYNOPSIS

pvchange [--addtag Tag] [-A|--autobackup y|n] [-d|--debug] [--deltag Tag] [-h|-?|--help] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] [-a|--all] [-x|--allocatable y|n] [-u|--uuid] [PhysicalVolumePath...]

DESCRIPTION

pvchange allows you to change the allocation permissions of one or more physical volumes.

OPTIONS

See lvm for common options.

-a, --all

If PhysicalVolumePath is not specified on the command line all physical volumes are searched for and used.

-u, --uuid

Generate new random UUID for specified physical volumes.

-x, --allocatable y|n

Enable or disable allocation of physical extents on this physical volume.

Example

"pvchange -x n /dev/sdk1" disallows the allocation of physical extents on this physical volume (possibly because of disk errors, or because it will be removed after freeing it.

SEE ALSO

lvm(8), pvcreate(8)