{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "pvchange",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvchange/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-02T22:31:59Z",
    "synopsis": "pvchange optionargs positionargs\n[ optionargs ]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "pvchange - Change attributes of physical volume(s)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "pvchange optionargs positionargs\n[ optionargs ]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "pvchange changes PV attributes in the VG.\n\nFor options listed in parentheses, any one is required, after which the others are optional.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "USAGE": {
            "content": "Change properties of all PVs.\n\npvchange -a|--all\n( -x|--allocatable y|n,\n-u|--uuid,\n--addtag Tag,\n--deltag Tag,\n--metadataignore y|n )\n[ COMMONOPTIONS ]\n\nChange properties of specified PVs.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "pvchange",
                    "content": "( -x|--allocatable y|n,\n-u|--uuid,\n--addtag Tag,\n--deltag Tag,\n--metadataignore y|n )\nPV|Select ...\n[ -S|--select String ]\n[ COMMONOPTIONS ]\n\nCommon options for command:\n[ -A|--autobackup y|n ]\n[ -f|--force ]\n[ -u|--uuid ]\n[    --reportformat basic|json ]\n\nCommon options for lvm:\n[ -d|--debug ]\n[ -h|--help ]\n[ -q|--quiet ]\n[ -t|--test ]\n[ -v|--verbose ]\n[ -y|--yes ]\n[    --commandprofile String ]\n[    --config String ]\n[    --driverloaded y|n ]\n[    --lockopt String ]\n[    --longhelp ]\n[    --nolocking ]\n[    --profile String ]\n[    --version ]\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "--addtag Tag\nAdds a tag to a PV, VG or LV. This option can be repeated to add multiple tags at\nonce. See lvm(8) for information about tags.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-a --all",
                    "content": "Change all visible PVs.\n",
                    "flag": "-a",
                    "long": "--all"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-x --allocatable",
                    "content": "Enable or disable allocation of physical extents on this PV.\n",
                    "flag": "-x",
                    "long": "--allocatable"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-A --autobackup",
                    "content": "Specifies if metadata should be backed up automatically after a change.  Enabling this\nis strongly advised! See vgcfgbackup(8) for more information.\n\n--commandprofile String\nThe command profile to use for command configuration.  See lvm.conf(5) for more infor‐\nmation about profiles.\n\n--config String\nConfig settings for the command. These override lvm.conf settings.  The String arg\nuses the same format as lvm.conf, or may use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5)\nfor more information about config.\n",
                    "flag": "-A",
                    "long": "--autobackup"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-d --debug",
                    "content": "Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of messages sent to\nthe log file and/or syslog (if configured).\n\n--deltag Tag\nDeletes a tag from a PV, VG or LV. This option can be repeated to delete multiple tags\nat once. See lvm(8) for information about tags.\n\n--driverloaded y|n\nIf set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.  For testing and de‐\nbugging.\n",
                    "flag": "-d",
                    "long": "--debug"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-f --force",
                    "content": "Override various checks, confirmations and protections.  Use with extreme caution.\n",
                    "flag": "-f",
                    "long": "--force"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-h --help",
                    "content": "Display help text.\n\n--lockopt String\nUsed to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd.  See lvmlockd(8) for more informa‐\ntion.\n",
                    "flag": "-h",
                    "long": "--help"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--longhelp",
                    "content": "Display long help text.\n\n--metadataignore y|n\nSpecifies the metadataignore property of a PV.  If yes, metadata areas on the PV are\nignored, and lvm will not store metadata in the metadata areas of the PV.  If no, lvm\nwill store metadata on the PV.\n",
                    "long": "--longhelp"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--nolocking",
                    "content": "Disable locking.\n\n--profile String\nAn alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command.\n",
                    "long": "--nolocking"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-q --quiet",
                    "content": "Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose.  Repeat once to\nalso suppress any prompts with answer 'no'.\n\n--reportformat basic|json\nOverrides current output format for reports which is defined globally by the re‐\nport/outputformat setting in lvm.conf.  basic is the original format with columns and\nrows.  If there is more than one report per command, each report is prefixed with the\nreport name for identification. json produces report output in JSON format. See lvmre‐‐\nport(7) for more information.\n",
                    "flag": "-q",
                    "long": "--quiet"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-S --select",
                    "content": "Select objects for processing and reporting based on specified criteria.  The criteria\nsyntax is described by --select help and lvmreport(7).  For reporting commands, one\nrow is displayed for each object matching the criteria.  See --options help for se‐\nlectable object fields.  Rows can be displayed with an additional \"selected\" field (-o\nselected) showing 1 if the row matches the selection and 0 otherwise.  For non-report‐\ning commands which process LVM entities, the selection is used to choose items to\nprocess.\n",
                    "flag": "-S",
                    "long": "--select"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-t --test",
                    "content": "Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata.  This is implemented by disabling\nall metadata writing but nevertheless returning success to the calling function. This\nmay lead to unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool relies on read‐\ning back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't.\n",
                    "flag": "-t",
                    "long": "--test"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-u --uuid",
                    "content": "Generate new random UUID for specified PVs.\n",
                    "flag": "-u",
                    "long": "--uuid"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-v --verbose",
                    "content": "Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent to\nstdout and stderr.\n",
                    "flag": "-v",
                    "long": "--verbose"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--version",
                    "content": "Display version information.\n",
                    "long": "--version"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-y --yes",
                    "content": "Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes. Use\nwith extreme caution.  (For automatic no, see -qq.)\n",
                    "flag": "-y",
                    "long": "--yes"
                }
            ]
        },
        "VARIABLES": {
            "content": "PV\nPhysical Volume name, a device path under /dev.  For commands  managing  physical  ex‐\ntents,  a PV positional arg generally accepts a suffix indicating a range (or multiple\nranges) of physical extents (PEs). When the first PE is omitted, it  defaults  to  the\nstart  of  the  device, and when the last PE is omitted it defaults to end.  Start and\nend range (inclusive): PV[:PE-PE]...   Start  and  length  range  (counting  from  0):\nPV[:PE+PE]...\n\nSelect\nSelect  indicates  that a required positional parameter can be omitted if the --select\noption is used.  No arg appears in this position.\n\nString\nSee the option description for information about the string content.\n\nSize[UNIT]\nSize is an input number that accepts an optional unit.  Input units are always treated\nas base two values, regardless of capitalization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024.\nThe default input unit is specified by letter, followed  by  |UNIT.   UNIT  represents\nother  possible  input  units:  bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE.  b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors of 512\nbytes, k|K is KiB, m|M is MiB, g|G is GiB, t|T is TiB, p|P is PiB, e|E is EiB.   (This\nshould  not  be  confused  with the output control --units, where capital letters mean\nmultiple of 1000.)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES": {
            "content": "See lvm(8) for information about environment variables used by lvm.  For example, LVMVGNAME\ncan generally be substituted for a required VG parameter.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "EXAMPLES": {
            "content": "Disallow  the allocation of physical extents on a PV (e.g. because of disk errors, or because\nit will be removed after freeing it).",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "pvchange -x n /dev/sdk1",
                    "content": ""
                }
            ]
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "lvm(8) lvm.conf(5) lvmconfig(8)\n\npvchange(8) pvck(8) pvcreate(8) pvdisplay(8) pvmove(8) pvremove(8)  pvresize(8)  pvs(8)  pvs‐‐\ncan(8)\n\nvgcfgbackup(8)  vgcfgrestore(8) vgchange(8) vgck(8) vgcreate(8) vgconvert(8) vgdisplay(8) vg‐‐\nexport(8) vgextend(8) vgimport(8) vgimportclone(8) vgmerge(8) vgmknodes(8) vgreduce(8)  vgre‐‐\nmove(8) vgrename(8) vgs(8) vgscan(8) vgsplit(8)\n\nlvcreate(8)  lvchange(8)  lvconvert(8) lvdisplay(8) lvextend(8) lvreduce(8) lvremove(8) lvre‐‐\nname(8) lvresize(8) lvs(8) lvscan(8)\n\nlvm-fullreport(8) lvm-lvpoll(8) lvm2-activation-generator(8) blkdeactivate(8) lvmdump(8)\n\ndmeventd(8) lvmpolld(8) lvmlockd(8) lvmlockctl(8) cmirrord(8) lvmdbusd(8)\n\nlvmsystemid(7) lvmreport(7) lvmraid(7) lvmthin(7) lvmcache(7)\n\n\n\nRed Hat, Inc.                     LVM TOOLS 2.03.11(2) (2021-01-08)                      PVCHANGE(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "pvchange - Change attributes of physical volume(s)",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-a",
            "long": "--all",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Change all visible PVs."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-x",
            "long": "--allocatable",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Enable or disable allocation of physical extents on this PV."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-A",
            "long": "--autobackup",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Specifies if metadata should be backed up automatically after a change. Enabling this is strongly advised! See vgcfgbackup(8) for more information. --commandprofile String The command profile to use for command configuration. See lvm.conf(5) for more infor‐ mation about profiles. --config String 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 lvm.conf(5) for more information about config."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-d",
            "long": "--debug",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "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). --deltag Tag Deletes a tag from a PV, VG or LV. This option can be repeated to delete multiple tags at once. See lvm(8) for information about tags. --driverloaded y|n If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper. For testing and de‐ bugging."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-f",
            "long": "--force",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Override various checks, confirmations and protections. Use with extreme caution."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": "--help",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Display help text. --lockopt String Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd. See lvmlockd(8) for more informa‐ tion."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--longhelp",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Display long help text. --metadataignore y|n Specifies the metadataignore property of a PV. If yes, metadata areas on the PV are ignored, and lvm will not store metadata in the metadata areas of the PV. If no, lvm will store metadata on the PV."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--nolocking",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Disable locking. --profile String An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-q",
            "long": "--quiet",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose. Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer 'no'. --reportformat basic|json Overrides current output format for reports which is defined globally by the re‐ port/outputformat setting in lvm.conf. basic is the original format with columns and rows. If there is more than one report per command, each report is prefixed with the report name for identification. json produces report output in JSON format. See lvmre‐‐ port(7) for more information."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-S",
            "long": "--select",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Select objects for processing and reporting based on specified criteria. The criteria syntax is described by --select help and lvmreport(7). For reporting commands, one row is displayed for each object matching the criteria. See --options help for se‐ lectable object fields. Rows can be displayed with an additional \"selected\" field (-o selected) showing 1 if the row matches the selection and 0 otherwise. For non-report‐ ing commands which process LVM entities, the selection is used to choose items to process."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-t",
            "long": "--test",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "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 read‐ ing back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-u",
            "long": "--uuid",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Generate new random UUID for specified PVs."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-v",
            "long": "--verbose",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--version",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Display version information."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-y",
            "long": "--yes",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes. Use with extreme caution. (For automatic no, see -qq.)"
        }
    ],
    "examples": [
        "Disallow  the allocation of physical extents on a PV (e.g. because of disk errors, or because",
        "it will be removed after freeing it)."
    ],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "lvm",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvm.conf",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm.conf/5/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmconfig",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmconfig/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvck",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvck/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvcreate",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvcreate/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvdisplay",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvdisplay/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvmove",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvmove/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvremove",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvremove/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvresize",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvresize/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvs",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvs/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "can",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/can/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgcfgbackup",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgcfgbackup/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgcfgrestore",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgcfgrestore/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgchange",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgchange/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgck",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgck/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgcreate",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgcreate/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgconvert",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgconvert/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgdisplay",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgdisplay/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "export",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/export/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgextend",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgextend/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgimport",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgimport/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgimportclone",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgimportclone/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgmerge",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgmerge/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgmknodes",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgmknodes/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgreduce",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgreduce/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "move",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/move/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgrename",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgrename/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgs",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgs/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgscan",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgscan/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgsplit",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgsplit/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvcreate",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvcreate/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvchange",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvchange/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvconvert",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvconvert/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvdisplay",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvdisplay/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvextend",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvextend/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvreduce",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvreduce/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvremove",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvremove/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "name",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/name/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvresize",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvresize/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvs",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvs/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvscan",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvscan/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvm-fullreport",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm-fullreport/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvm-lvpoll",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm-lvpoll/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvm2-activation-generator",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm2-activation-generator/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "blkdeactivate",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/blkdeactivate/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmdump",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmdump/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "dmeventd",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dmeventd/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmpolld",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmpolld/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmlockd",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmlockd/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmlockctl",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmlockctl/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "cmirrord",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/cmirrord/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmdbusd",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmdbusd/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmsystemid",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmsystemid/7/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmreport",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmreport/7/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmraid",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmraid/7/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmthin",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmthin/7/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmcache",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmcache/7/json"
        }
    ],
    "tldr": {
        "source": "official",
        "description": "Change attributes of physical volume(s).",
        "examples": [
            {
                "description": "Allow allocation on a physical volume",
                "command": "sudo pvchange {{-x|--allocatable}} y {{/dev/sdXN}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Disallow allocation on a physical volume",
                "command": "sudo pvchange {{-x|--allocatable}} n {{/dev/sdXN}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Ignore metadata areas on a physical volume",
                "command": "sudo pvchange --metadataignore y {{/dev/sdXN}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Stop ignoring metadata areas on a physical volume",
                "command": "sudo pvchange --metadataignore n {{/dev/sdXN}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Add a tag to a physical volume",
                "command": "sudo pvchange --addtag {{tag}} {{/dev/sdXN}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Generate a new UUID for a physical volume (use with care)",
                "command": "sudo pvchange --uuid {{/dev/sdXN}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Change all visible physical volumes (combine with other options such as allocatable)",
                "command": "sudo pvchange {{-a|--all}} {{-x|--allocatable}} y"
            }
        ]
    }
}