LVMDISKSCAN(8)                                                                            System Manager's Manual                                                                           LVMDISKSCAN(8)



NAME
       lvmdiskscan - List devices that may be used as physical volumes

SYNOPSIS
       lvmdiskscan
           [ option_args ]

DESCRIPTION
       lvmdiskscan  scans  all  SCSI,  (E)IDE  disks, multiple devices and a bunch of other block devices in the system looking for LVM PVs. The size reported is the real device size. Define a filter in
       lvm.conf(5) to restrict the scan to avoid a CD ROM, for example.

       This command is deprecated, use pvs instead.


USAGE
       lvmdiskscan
           [ -l|--lvmpartition ]
           [    --readonly ]
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]

       Common options for lvm:
           [ -d|--debug ]
           [ -h|--help ]
           [ -q|--quiet ]
           [ -t|--test ]
           [ -v|--verbose ]
           [ -y|--yes ]
           [    --commandprofile String ]
           [    --config String ]
           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
           [    --lockopt String ]
           [    --longhelp ]
           [    --profile String ]
           [    --version ]

OPTIONS
       --commandprofile String
              The command profile to use for command configuration.  See lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.

       --config String
              Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf settings.  The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5) for more information
              about config.

       -d|--debug ...
              Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).

       --driverloaded y|n
              If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.  For testing and debugging.

       -h|--help
              Display help text.

       --lockopt String
              Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd.  See lvmlockd(8) for more information.

       --longhelp
              Display long help text.

       -l|--lvmpartition
              Only report PVs.

       --profile String
              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command.

       -q|--quiet ...
              Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose.  Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer 'no'.

       --readonly
              Run the command in a special read-only mode which will read on-disk metadata without needing to take any locks. This can be used to peek inside metadata used by a virtual machine image
              while the virtual machine is running.  It can also be used to peek inside the metadata of clustered VGs when clustered locking is not configured or running. No attempt will be made to com‐
              municate with the device-mapper kernel driver, so this option is unable to report whether or not LVs are actually in use.

       -t|--test
              Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata.  This is implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless returning success to the calling function. This may lead to
              unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't.

       -v|--verbose ...
              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.

       --version
              Display version information.

       -y|--yes
              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes. Use with extreme caution.  (For automatic no, see -qq.)

VARIABLES
       String
              See the option description for information about the string content.

       Size[UNIT]
              Size is an input number that accepts an optional unit.  Input units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capitalization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024.   The  default
              input  unit  is  specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.  UNIT represents other possible input units: bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE.  b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is kilobytes, m|M is
              megabytes, g|G is gigabytes, t|T is terabytes, p|P is petabytes, e|E is exabytes.  (This should not be confused with the output control --units, where  capital  letters  mean  multiple  of
              1000.)

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       See lvm(8) for information about environment variables used by lvm.  For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG parameter.

SEE ALSO
       lvm(8) lvm.conf(5) lvmconfig(8)

       pvchange(8) pvck(8) pvcreate(8) pvdisplay(8) pvmove(8) pvremove(8) pvresize(8) pvs(8) pvscan(8)

       vgcfgbackup(8)  vgcfgrestore(8)  vgchange(8)  vgck(8)  vgcreate(8)  vgconvert(8)  vgdisplay(8) vgexport(8) vgextend(8) vgimport(8) vgimportclone(8) vgmerge(8) vgmknodes(8) vgreduce(8) vgremove(8)
       vgrename(8) vgs(8) vgscan(8) vgsplit(8)

       lvcreate(8) lvchange(8) lvconvert(8) lvdisplay(8) lvextend(8) lvreduce(8) lvremove(8) lvrename(8) lvresize(8) lvs(8) lvscan(8)

       lvm-fullreport(8) lvm-lvpoll(8) lvm2-activation-generator(8) blkdeactivate(8) lvmdump(8)

       dmeventd(8) lvmetad(8) lvmpolld(8) lvmlockd(8) lvmlockctl(8) clvmd(8) cmirrord(8) lvmdbusd(8)

       lvmsystemid(7) lvmreport(7) lvmraid(7) lvmthin(7) lvmcache(7)



Red Hat, Inc.                                                                    LVM TOOLS 2.02.180(2)-RHEL7 (2018-07-20)                                                                   LVMDISKSCAN(8)