| PVSCAN(8) | System Manager's Manual | PVSCAN(8) | 
pvscan - scan all disks for physical volumes
pvscan [-d|--debug] [-e|--exported]
  [-h|--help] [--ignorelockingfailure] [-n|--novolumegroup]
  [-s|--short] [-u|--uuid] [-v[v]|--verbose
  [--verbose]]
pvscan scans all supported LVM block devices in the system for physical
  volumes.
See lvm for common options.
  - -e, --exported
- Only show physical volumes belonging to exported volume groups.
- -n, --novolumegroup
- Only show physical volumes not belonging to any volume group.
- -s, --short
- Short listing format.
- -u, --uuid
- Show UUIDs (Uniform Unique Identifiers) in addition to device special
      names.
lvm(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8)