1 .TH PVCK 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
3 pvck \- check physical volume metadata
6 .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
8 .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
9 .RB [ \-\-labelsector ]
10 .IR PhysicalVolume " [" PhysicalVolume ...]
12 pvck checks physical volume LVM metadata for consistency.
14 See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
16 .BR \-\-labelsector " sector"
17 By default, 4 sectors of \fBPhysicalVolume\fP are scanned for an LVM label,
18 starting at sector 0. This parameter allows you to specify a different
19 starting sector for the scan and is useful for recovery situations. For
20 example, suppose the partition table is corrupted or lost on /dev/sda,
21 but you suspect there was an LVM partition at approximately 100 MB. This
22 area of the disk may be scanned by using the \fB--labelsector\fP parameter
23 with a value of 204800 (100 * 1024 * 1024 / 512 = 204800):
25 .BI "pvck --labelsector 204800 /dev/sda"
27 Note that a script can be used with \fB--labelsector\fP to automate the
28 process of finding LVM labels.