pvdata(8)
NAME
pvdata - shows debugging information about a physical vol
ume
SYNOPSIS
pvdata [-a|--all] [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-E|--physi calextent] [-L|--logicalvolume] [-P[P]|--physicalvolume [--physicalvolume]] [-U|--uuidlist] [-V|--volumegroup] [-v[v]|--verbose [--verbose]] PhysicalVolumePath [Physi_ calVolumePath...]
DESCRIPTION
- pvdata allows you to display the volume group descriptor
array (VGDA) of PhysicalVolume in part or whole for debug
ging purposes.
- OPTIONS
- -a, --all
Display all structures (PE, LV, PV, UUID, VG). The
same as giving the -E -L -P -U -V options. - -d, --debug
Enables additional debugging output (if compiled
with DEBUG). - -E, --physicalextent
Display physical extent structures.
- -h, --help
Print a usage message on standard output and exit
successfully. - -L, --logicalvolume
Display logical volume structures.
- -P, --physicalvolume
Display physical volume structure in pvdisplay for
mat. If given a second time, also display the ondisk LVM metadata locations. - -U, --uuidlist
Display the volume group UUID list.
- -v, --verbose
Display verbose structure information. If given a
second time, verbose runtime information about
pvdata's activities are also shown. - -V, --volumegroup
Display volume group structure.
- --version
Display the version and exit successfully.
DIAGNOSTICS
pvdata returns an exit code of 0 for success and > 0 for
error:
1 no physical volume name on command line
95 driver/module not in kernel
96 invalid O/O protocol version
97 error locking logical volume manager
99 invalid command line
SEE ALSO
lvm(8), lvcreate(8), lvmdiskscan(8), pvcreate(8), vgcre
ate(8),
AUTHOR
- Heinz Mauelshagen <Linux-LVM@Sistina.com>