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>
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