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/usr/bin/pvchange

Logical Volume Manager 2 utilities

From lvm2 2.03.44-r1 (os), captured 2026-11-08 by running pvchange --help (exit 0). permalink

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  WARNING: Running as a non-root user. Functionality may be unavailable.
  pvchange - Change attributes of physical volume(s)

  Change properties of all PVs.
  pvchange -a|--all
	( -u|--uuid,
	  -x|--allocatable y|n,
	     --addtag Tag,
	     --deltag Tag,
	     --metadataignore y|n )

	[ COMMON_OPTIONS ]

  Change properties of specified PVs.
  pvchange
	( -u|--uuid,
	  -x|--allocatable y|n,
	     --addtag Tag,
	     --deltag Tag,
	     --metadataignore y|n )
	 PV|Select ...
	[ -S|--select String ]
	[ COMMON_OPTIONS ]

  Common options for command:
	[ -A|--autobackup y|n ]
	[ -f|--force ]
	[    --reportformat basic|json|json_std ]

  Common options for lvm:
	[ -d|--debug ]
	[ -h|--help ]
	[ -q|--quiet ]
	[ -v|--verbose ]
	[ -y|--yes ]
	[ -t|--test ]
	[    --commandprofile String ]
	[    --config String ]
	[    --driverloaded y|n ]
	[    --nolocking ]
	[    --lockopt String ]
	[    --longhelp ]
	[    --profile String ]
	[    --version ]
	[    --devicesfile String ]
	[    --devices PV ]
	[    --nohints ]
	[    --journal String ]

  Use --longhelp to show all options and advanced commands.
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
--addtag Taghelp
--deltag Taghelp
--longhelpDisplay long help text. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--nohintsDo not use the hints file to locate devices for PVs. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--nolockingDisable locking. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--versionDisplay version information. (in the manual page but not in --help)man

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