| .TH PVCHANGE 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*- |
| .SH NAME |
| pvchange \(em change attributes of a physical volume |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B pvchange |
| .RB [ \-\-addtag |
| .IR Tag ] |
| .RB [ \-A | \-\-autobackup |
| .RI { y | n }] |
| .RB [ \-\-commandprofile |
| .IR ProfileName ] |
| .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ] |
| .RB [ \-f | \-\-force ] |
| .RB [ \-\-deltag |
| .IR Tag ] |
| .RB [ \-\-metadataignore |
| .RI { y | n }] |
| .RB [ \-h | \-? | \-\-help ] |
| .RB [ \-\-reportformat |
| .RB { basic | json }] |
| .RB [ \-S | \-\-select |
| .IR Selection ] |
| .RB [ \-t | \-\-test ] |
| .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ] |
| .RB [ \-a | \-\-all ] |
| .RB [ \-x | \-\-allocatable |
| .RI { y | n }] |
| .RB [ \-u | \-\-uuid ] |
| .RI [ PhysicalVolumePath ...] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| pvchange allows you to change the allocation permissions of one or |
| more physical volumes. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-a ", " \-\-all |
| If PhysicalVolumePath is not specified on the command line all |
| physical volumes are searched for and used. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-\-metadataignore " {" \fIy | \fIn } |
| Ignore or un-ignore metadata areas on this physical volume. |
| If metadata areas on a physical volume are ignored, LVM will |
| not not store metadata in the metadata areas present on this Physical |
| Volume. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-u ", " \-\-uuid |
| Generate new random UUID for specified physical volumes. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-x ", " \-\-allocatable " {" \fIy | \fIn } |
| Enable or disable allocation of physical extents on this physical volume. |
| .SH Example |
| Disallows the allocation of physical extents on this physical volume |
| (possibly because of disk errors, or because it will be removed after |
| freeing it: |
| .sp |
| .B pvchange \-x n /dev/sdk1 |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR lvm (8), |
| .BR pvcreate (8) |
