PVCHANGE(8)
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|--allo- catable 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.