lvmdiskscan(8) - List devices that may be used as physical volumes

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LVMDISKSCAN(8)		    System Manager's Manual		LVMDISKSCAN(8)

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 set‐
	      tings.  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 --ver‐
	      bose.  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 commu‐
	      nicate 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 con‐
	      tent.

       Size[UNIT]
	      Size  is	an  input number that accepts an optional unit.  Input
	      units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capi‐
	      talization,  e.g.  'k'  and 'K' both refer to 1024.  The default
	      input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.  UNIT rep‐
	      resents  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)	vgcon‐
       vert(8)	vgdisplay(8)  vgexport(8)  vgextend(8)	vgimport(8)  vgimport‐
       clone(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) lvre‐
       duce(8) lvremove(8) lvrename(8) lvresize(8) lvs(8) lvscan(8)

       lvm-fullreport(8) lvm-lvpoll(8) lvm2-activation-generator(8) blkdeacti‐
       vate(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)

Red Hat, Inc.	      LVM TOOLS 2.02.176(2) (2017-11-03)	LVMDISKSCAN(8)