--- name: "pvdata" section: "8" platform: "linux" package: "lvm" version: "0.8i-1" release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/pvdata" --- # 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)](/lvm/8.md), [pvcreate(8)](/pvcreate/8.md), [vgcreate(8)](/vgcreate/8.md), [lvcreate(8)](/lvcreate/8.md) ## AUTHOR Heinz Mauelshagen \