pvdata(8)

NAME
pvdata - debugging output of a physical volume

SYNOPSIS
pvdata [-a/--all] [-d/--debug] [-E/--physicalextent] [-L/--logicalvolume] [-N/--namelist] [-P[P]/--physicalvolume [--physicalvolume]] [-V/--volumegroup] [-h/-?/--help] [-v[v]/--verbose [--verbose]] PhysicalVolumePath [PhysicalVolumePath...]

DESCRIPTION
pvdata allows you to display the volume group descriptor array (VGDA) on a physical volume in parts or total for debugging purposes.

  OPTIONS

-a, --all
    Display all structures (PV, VG, LV, PE).

-d, --debug
    Enables additional debugging output (if compiled with DEBUG).

-E, --physicalextent
    Display physical extent structures.

-L, --logicalvolume
    Display logical volume structures.

-N, --namelist
    Display the physical volume name list (will disappear in a future release).

-P, --physicalvolume
    Display physical volume structure in pvdisplay format.

-PP, --physicalvolume --physicalvolume
    Display physical volume structure with additional attributes.

-V, --volumegroup
    Display volume group structure.

-h, -?, --help
    Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

-v, --verbose
    Display verbose structure information.

-vv, --verbose --verbose
    Like with -v plus verbose runtime information about pvdata's activities.

DIAGNOSTICS
pvdata returns an exit state of 0 for success and > 0 for error:
1  no physical volume name on command line
95 driver/module not in kernel
96 invalid i/o protocol version
97 error locking logical volume manager
99 invalid command line

See also
lvm(8), pvcreate(8), vgcreate(8), lvcreate(8)

AUTHOR
Heinz Mauelshagen <linux-lvm@ez-darmstadt.telekom.de>