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.TH PVCHANGE 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
pvchange \- change attributes of a physical volume
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pvchange
.RB [ \-\-addtag
.IR Tag ]
.RB [ \-A | \-\-autobackup
.RI { y | n }]
.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
.RB [ \-f | \-\-force ]
.RB [ \-\-deltag
.IR Tag ]
.RB [ \-\-metadataignore
.RI { y | n }]
.RB [ \-h | \-? | \-\-help ]
.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)