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PVCREATE(8)                 System Manager's Manual                PVCREATE(8)

NAME
       pvcreate - Initialize physical volume(s) for use by LVM
SYNOPSIS
       pvcreate position_args
           [ option_args ]
DESCRIPTION
       pvcreate initializes a PV so that it is recognized as belonging to LVM,
       and allows the PV to be used in a VG. A PV can  be  a  disk  partition,
       whole disk, meta device, or loopback file.
       For  DOS  disk partitions, the partition id should be set to 0x8e using
       fdisk(8), cfdisk(8), or a equivalent. For GUID Partition  Table  (GPT),
       the  id is E6D6D379-F507-44C2-A23C-238F2A3DF928. For whole disk devices
       only the partition table must be erased, which will effectively destroy
       all  data  on  that  disk. This can be done by zeroing the first sector
       with:
       dd if=/dev/zero of=PhysicalVolume bs=512 count=1
       Use vgcreate(8) to create a new VG on the PV, or vgextend(8) to add the
       PV to existing VG.
       The  force option will create a PV without confirmation.  Repeating the
       force option (-ff) will forcibly create a PV,  overriding  checks  that
       normally prevent it, e.g. if the PV is already in a VG.
USAGE
       pvcreate PV ...
           [ -f|--force ]
           [ -M|--metadatatype lvm2|lvm1 ]
           [ -u|--uuid String ]
           [ -Z|--zero y|n ]
           [    --dataalignment Size[k|UNIT] ]
           [    --dataalignmentoffset Size[k|UNIT] ]
           [    --bootloaderareasize Size[m|UNIT] ]
           [    --labelsector Number ]
           [    --[pv]metadatacopies 0|1|2 ]
           [    --metadatasize Size[m|UNIT] ]
           [    --metadataignore y|n ]
           [    --norestorefile ]
           [    --setphysicalvolumesize Size[m|UNIT] ]
           [    --reportformat basic|json ]
           [    --restorefile String ]
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
       Common options for lvm:
           [ -d|--debug ]
           [ -h|--help ]
           [ -q|--quiet ]
           [ -t|--test ]
           [ -v|--verbose ]
           [ -y|--yes ]
           [    --commandprofile String ]
           [    --config String ]
           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
           [    --lockopt String ]
           [    --longhelp ]
           [    --profile String ]
           [    --version ]
OPTIONS
       --bootloaderareasize Size[m|UNIT]
              Create a separate bootloader area of specified size besides PV's
              data area. The bootloader area is an area of reserved space on
              the PV from which LVM will not allocate any extents and it's
              kept untouched. This is primarily aimed for use with bootloaders
              to embed their own data or metadata.  The start of the boot-
              loader area is always aligned, see also --dataalignment and
              --dataalignmentoffset. The bootloader area size may eventually
              end up increased due to the alignment, but it's never less than
              the size that is requested. To see the bootloader area start and
              size of an existing PV use pvs -o +pv_ba_start,pv_ba_size.
       --commandprofile String
              The command profile to use for command configuration.  See
              lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
       --config String
              Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf set-
              tings.  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.
       --dataalignment Size[k|UNIT]
              Align the start of the data to a multiple of this number.  Also
              specify an appropriate Physical Extent size when creating a VG.
              To see the location of the first Physical Extent of an existing
              PV, use pvs -o +pe_start. In addition, it may be shifted by an
              alignment offset.  See lvm.conf/data_alignment_offset_detection
              and --dataalignmentoffset.
       --dataalignmentoffset Size[k|UNIT]
              Shift the start of the data area by this additional offset.
       -d|--debug ...
              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).
       --driverloaded y|n
              If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.
              For testing and debugging.
       -f|--force ...
              Override various checks, confirmations and protections.  Use
              with extreme caution.
       -h|--help
              Display help text.
       --labelsector Number
              By default the PV is labelled with an LVM2 identifier in its
              second sector (sector 1). This lets you use a different sector
              near the start of the disk (between 0 and 3 inclusive - see
              LABEL_SCAN_SECTORS in the source). Use with care.
       --lockopt String
              Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd.  See lvm-
              lockd(8) for more information.
       --longhelp
              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.
       --metadatasize Size[m|UNIT]
              The approximate amount of space used for each VG metadata area.
              The size may be rounded.
       -M|--metadatatype lvm2|lvm1
              Specifies the type of on-disk metadata to use.  lvm2 (or just 2)
              is the current, standard format.  lvm1 (or just 1) is a histori-
              cal format that can be used for accessing old data.
       --norestorefile
              In conjunction with --uuid, this allows a uuid to be specified
              without also requiring that a backup of the metadata be pro-
              vided.
       --profile String
              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on
              the command.
       --[pv]metadatacopies 0|1|2
              The number of metadata areas to set aside on a PV for storing VG
              metadata.  When 2, one copy of the VG metadata is stored at the
              front of the PV and a second copy is stored at the end.  When 1,
              one copy of the VG metadata is stored at the front of the PV
              (starting in the 5th sector).  When 0, no copies of the VG meta-
              data are stored on the given PV.  This may be useful in VGs con-
              taining many PVs (this places limitations on the ability to use
              vgsplit later.)
       -q|--quiet ...
              Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --ver-
              bose.  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 report/output_format 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 lvmreport(7) for more information.
       --restorefile String
              In conjunction with --uuid, this reads the file (produced by
              vgcfgbackup), extracts the location and size of the data on the
              PV, and ensures that the metadata produced by the program is
              consistent with the contents of the file, i.e. the physical
              extents will be in the same place and not be overwritten by new
              metadata. This provides a mechanism to upgrade the metadata for-
              mat or to add/remove metadata areas. Use with care.
       --setphysicalvolumesize Size[m|UNIT]
              Overrides the automatically detected size of the PV.  Use with
              care, or prior to reducing the physical size of the device.
       -t|--test
              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.
       -u|--uuid String
              Specify a UUID for the device.  Without this option, a random
              UUID is generated.  This option is needed before restoring a
              backup of LVM metadata onto a replacement device; see vgcfgre-
              store(8). As such, use of --restorefile is compulsory unless the
              --norestorefile is used.  All PVs must have unique UUIDs, and
              LVM will prevent certain operations if multiple devices are seen
              with the same UUID.  See vgimportclone(8) for more information.
       -v|--verbose ...
              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the
              detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
       --version
              Display version information.
       -y|--yes
              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume
              the answer yes. Use with extreme caution.  (For automatic no,
              see -qq.)
       -Z|--zero y|n
              Controls if the first 4 sectors (2048 bytes) of the device are
              wiped.  The default is to wipe these sectors unless either or
              both of --restorefile or --uuid are specified.
VARIABLES
       PV
              Physical Volume name, a device path under  /dev.   For  commands
              managing physical extents, a PV positional arg generally accepts
              a suffix indicating a range (or  multiple  ranges)  of  physical
              extents  (PEs). When the first PE is omitted, it defaults to the
              start of the device, and when the last PE is omitted it defaults
              to  end.   Start and end range (inclusive): PV[:PE-PE]...  Start
              and length range (counting from 0): PV[:PE+PE]...
       String
              See the option description for information about the string con-
              tent.
       Size[UNIT]
              Size  is  an  input number that accepts an optional unit.  Input
              units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capi-
              talization,  e.g.  'k'  and 'K' both refer to 1024.  The default
              input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.  UNIT rep-
              resents  other  possible  input units: bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE.  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.)
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       See  lvm(8)  for  information  about environment variables used by lvm.
       For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG
       parameter.
EXAMPLES
       Initialize a partition and a full device.
       pvcreate /dev/sdc4 /dev/sde
       If  a device is a 4KiB sector drive that compensates for windows parti-
       tioning (sector 7 is the lowest aligned logical block, the 4KiB sectors
       start at LBA -1, and consequently sector 63 is aligned on a 4KiB bound-
       ary) manually account for this when initializing for use by LVM.
       pvcreate --dataalignmentoffset 7s /dev/sdb
SEE ALSO
       lvm(8) lvm.conf(5) lvmconfig(8)
       pvchange(8)  pvck(8)  pvcreate(8)  pvdisplay(8)  pvmove(8)  pvremove(8)
       pvresize(8) pvs(8) pvscan(8)
       vgcfgbackup(8)  vgcfgrestore(8)  vgchange(8) vgck(8) vgcreate(8) vgcon-
       vert(8)  vgdisplay(8)  vgexport(8)  vgextend(8)  vgimport(8)  vgimport-
       clone(8)  vgmerge(8)  vgmknodes(8)  vgreduce(8) vgremove(8) vgrename(8)
       vgs(8) vgscan(8) vgsplit(8)
       lvcreate(8) lvchange(8)  lvconvert(8)  lvdisplay(8)  lvextend(8)  lvre-
       duce(8) lvremove(8) lvrename(8) lvresize(8) lvs(8) lvscan(8)
       lvm-fullreport(8) lvm-lvpoll(8) lvm2-activation-generator(8) blkdeacti-
       vate(8) lvmdump(8)
       dmeventd(8) lvmetad(8) lvmpolld(8) lvmlockd(8)  lvmlockctl(8)  clvmd(8)
       cmirrord(8) lvmdbusd(8)
       lvmsystemid(7) lvmreport(7) lvmraid(7) lvmthin(7) lvmcache(7)

Red Hat, Inc.      LVM TOOLS 2.02.187(2)-RHEL7 (2020-03-24)        PVCREATE(8)