1 .TH PVCHANGE 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
3 pvchange \- change attributes of a physical volume
7 [\-A|\-\-autobackup y|n] [\-d|\-\-debug]
11 [\-v|\-\-verbose] [\-a|\-\-all] [\-x|\-\-allocatable y|n]
12 [\-u|\-\-uuid] [PhysicalVolumePath...]
14 pvchange allows you to change the allocation permissions of one or
15 more physical volumes.
17 See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
20 If PhysicalVolumePath is not specified on the command line all
21 physical volumes are searched for and used.
24 Generate new random UUID for specified physical volumes.
26 .I \-x, \-\-allocatable y|n
27 Enable or disable allocation of physical extents on this physical volume.
29 "pvchange -x n /dev/sdk1" disallows the allocation of physical extents
30 on this physical volume (possibly because of disk errors, or because it will
31 be removed after freeing it.