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Manual Reference Pages  - LVMDISKSCAN (8)

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lvmdiskscan - scan for all devices visible to LVM2

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lvmdiskscan [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [-l|--lvmpartition] [-v|--verbose]

lvmdiskscan scans all SCSI, (E)IDE disks, multiple devices and a bunch of other block devices in the system looking for LVM physical volumes. 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.

See lvm for common options.

-l, --lvmpartition
	Only reports Physical Volumes.

lvm(8), lvm.conf(5), pvscan(8), vgscan(8)

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