pvdata(8)

debugging output of a physical volume

NAME

pvdata - debugging output of a physical volume

SYNOPSIS

pvdata [-a] [-d] [-E] [-L] [-P[P]] [-V] [-h/?] [-v[v]] 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: Display all structures (PV, VG, LV, PE).

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

-E: Display physical extent structures.

-L: Display logical volume structures.

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

-P: Display physical volume structure in pvdisplay format.

-PP: Display physical volume structure with additional attributes.

-V: Display volume group structure.

-h/?: Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

-v: Display verbose structure information.

-vv: 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 <[email protected]>