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diff --git a/man/lvmdiskscan.8_pregen b/man/lvmdiskscan.8_pregen new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fc87d6572 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/lvmdiskscan.8_pregen @@ -0,0 +1,314 @@ +.TH LVMDISKSCAN 8 "LVM TOOLS 2.02.169(2)-git (2016-11-30)" "Red Hat, Inc." +.SH NAME +. +lvmdiskscan \- List devices that may be used as physical volumes +.P +. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.br +.P +. +\fBlvmdiskscan\fP +.br + [ \fIoption_args\fP ] +.br +.P + +.SH DESCRIPTION +lvmdiskscan scans all SCSI, (E)IDE disks, multiple devices and a bunch of +other block devices in the system looking for LVM PVs. The size reported +is the real device size. Define a filter in \fBlvm.conf\fP(5) to restrict +the scan to avoid a CD ROM, for example. + +This command is deprecated, use \fBpvs\fP instead. + + +.P +.SH USAGE +.br +.P +. +\fBlvmdiskscan\fP +.br +.RS 4 +.ad l +[ \fB-l\fP|\fB--lvmpartition\fP ] +.ad b +.br +.ad l +[ \fB--readonly\fP ] +.ad b +.br +[ COMMON_OPTIONS ] +.RE +.br + + +Common options for lvm: +. +.RS 4 +.ad l +[ \fB-d\fP|\fB--debug\fP ] +.ad b +.br +.ad l +[ \fB-h\fP|\fB--help\fP ] +.ad b +.br +.ad l +[ \fB-q\fP|\fB--quiet\fP ] +.ad b +.br +.ad l +[ \fB-t\fP|\fB--test\fP ] +.ad b +.br +.ad l +[ \fB-v\fP|\fB--verbose\fP ] +.ad b +.br +.ad l +[ \fB-y\fP|\fB--yes\fP ] +.ad b +.br +.ad l +[ \fB--commandprofile\fP \fIString\fP ] +.ad b +.br +.ad l +[ \fB--config\fP \fIString\fP ] +.ad b +.br +.ad l +[ \fB--driverloaded\fP \fBy\fP|\fBn\fP ] +.ad b +.br +.ad l +[ \fB--longhelp\fP ] +.ad b +.br +.ad l +[ \fB--profile\fP \fIString\fP ] +.ad b +.br +.ad l +[ \fB--version\fP ] +.ad b + +.RE + +.SH OPTIONS +.br + +.HP +.ad l +\fB--commandprofile\fP \fIString\fP +.br +The command profile to use for command configuration. +See \fBlvm.conf\fP(5) for more information about profiles. +.ad b + +.HP +.ad l +\fB--config\fP \fIString\fP +.br +Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf settings. +The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf, +or may use section/field syntax. +See \fBlvm.conf\fP(5) for more information about config. +.ad b + +.HP +.ad l +\fB-d\fP|\fB--debug\fP ... +.br +Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of +messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured). +.ad b + +.HP +.ad l +\fB--driverloaded\fP \fBy\fP|\fBn\fP +.br +If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper. +For testing and debugging. +.ad b + +.HP +.ad l +\fB-h\fP|\fB--help\fP +.br +Display help text. +.ad b + +.HP +.ad l +\fB--longhelp\fP +.br +Display long help text. +.ad b + +.HP +.ad l +\fB-l\fP|\fB--lvmpartition\fP +.br +Only report PVs. +.ad b + +.HP +.ad l +\fB--profile\fP \fIString\fP +.br +An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending +on the command. +.ad b + +.HP +.ad l +\fB-q\fP|\fB--quiet\fP ... +.br +Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose. +Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer no. +.ad b + +.HP +.ad l +\fB--readonly\fP +.br +Run the command in a special read-only mode which will read on-disk +metadata without needing to take any locks. This can be used to peek +inside metadata used by a virtual machine image while the virtual +machine is running. +It can also be used to peek inside the metadata of clustered VGs +when clustered locking is not configured or running. No attempt +will be made to communicate with the device-mapper kernel driver, so +this option is unable to report whether or not LVs are +actually in use. +.ad b + +.HP +.ad l +\fB-t\fP|\fB--test\fP +.br +Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata. +This is implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless +returning success to the calling function. This may lead to unusual +error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool relies on reading +back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't. +.ad b + +.HP +.ad l +\fB-v\fP|\fB--verbose\fP ... +.br +Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail +of messages sent to stdout and stderr. +.ad b + +.HP +.ad l +\fB--version\fP +.br +Display version information. +.ad b + +.HP +.ad l +\fB-y\fP|\fB--yes\fP +.br +Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the +answer yes. Use with extreme caution. +(For automatic no, see -qq.) +.ad b +.SH VARIABLES +.br + +.HP +\fIString\fP +.br +See the option description for information about the string content. + +.HP +\fISize\fP[UNIT] +.br +Size is an input number that accepts an optional unit. +Input units are always treated as base two values, regardless of +capitalization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024. +The default input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT. +UNIT represents other possible input units: \fBbBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE\fP. +b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is kilobytes, +m|M is megabytes, g|G is gigabytes, t|T is terabytes, +p|P is petabytes, e|E is exabytes. +(This should not be confused with the output control --units, where +capital letters mean multiple of 1000.) +.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES +.br +See \fBlvm\fP(8) for information about environment variables used by lvm. +For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG parameter. +.SH SEE ALSO + +.BR lvm (8) +.BR lvm.conf (5) +.BR lvmconfig (8) + +.BR pvchange (8) +.BR pvck (8) +.BR pvcreate (8) +.BR pvdisplay (8) +.BR pvmove (8) +.BR pvremove (8) +.BR pvresize (8) +.BR pvs (8) +.BR pvscan (8) + +.BR vgcfgbackup (8) +.BR vgcfgrestore (8) +.BR vgchange (8) +.BR vgck (8) +.BR vgcreate (8) +.BR vgconvert (8) +.BR vgdisplay (8) +.BR vgexport (8) +.BR vgextend (8) +.BR vgimport (8) +.BR vgimportclone (8) +.BR vgmerge (8) +.BR vgmknodes (8) +.BR vgreduce (8) +.BR vgremove (8) +.BR vgrename (8) +.BR vgs (8) +.BR vgscan (8) +.BR vgsplit (8) + +.BR lvcreate (8) +.BR lvchange (8) +.BR lvconvert (8) +.BR lvdisplay (8) +.BR lvextend (8) +.BR lvreduce (8) +.BR lvremove (8) +.BR lvrename (8) +.BR lvresize (8) +.BR lvs (8) +.BR lvscan (8) + +.BR lvm2-activation-generator (8) +.BR blkdeactivate (8) +.BR lvmdump (8) + +.BR dmeventd (8) +.BR lvmetad (8) +.BR lvmpolld (8) +.BR lvmlockd (8) +.BR lvmlockctl (8) +.BR clvmd (8) +.BR cmirrord (8) +.BR lvmdbusd (8) + +.BR lvmsystemid (7) +.BR lvmreport (7) +.BR lvmraid (7) +.BR lvmthin (7) +.BR lvmcache (7) + |