Editing Pvs

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<code>pvs</code><ref>http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/pvs.8.html</ref> Display information about physical volumes

<code>pvs</code> can hang if some device has been removed under some circumstances.

== Examples ==
 pvs
 (No output if not devices, see [[pvcreate]])

 pvs
  PV         VG Fmt  Attr PSize  PFree
  [[/dev/sd]]b      [[lvm2]] ---  50.00g 50.00g

Example output, with one PV create but not assigned to any VG:
<pre>pvs
  /dev/sda: open failed: No medium found
  PV                                              VG       Fmt  Attr PSize    PFree
  /dev/mapper/3600508b1001c553702fe495119c850f1p1 VG1 lvm2 a--  <446.60g  32.00m
  /dev/mapper/3600a09803831416c592b4f566453764t            lvm2 ---   250.00g 250.00g
  /dev/sdc4                                       VG2     lvm2 a--    <8.28t 100.00g
</pre>

Output with missing device:
<pre>pvs
  WARNING: Device for PV R3Hfm8-5J2Z-Tl59-5Q5O-ZpDq-foNa-SGpQst not found or rejected by a filter.
  PV                                              VG       Fmt  Attr PSize    PFree
  /dev/mapper/3600508b1001c553702fe495119c850f1p1 VG1 lvm2 a--  <446.60g  32.00m
  /dev/mapper/3600a09803831416c592b4f566453764t            lvm2 ---   250.00g 250.00g
  /dev/sdc4                                       VG2     lvm2 a--    <8.28t 100.00g
</pre>

<pre>
pvs --segments
         PV         VG Fmt  Attr PSize   PFree  Start SSize
         /dev/sda   vg lvm2 a--  100.00m 88.00m     0     1
         /dev/sda   vg lvm2 a--  100.00m 88.00m     1     1
         /dev/sda   vg lvm2 a--  100.00m 88.00m     2     1
         /dev/sda   vg lvm2 a--  100.00m 88.00m     3    22
         /dev/sdb   vg lvm2 a--  100.00m 92.00m     0     1
         /dev/sdb   vg lvm2 a--  100.00m 92.00m     1     1
         /dev/sdb   vg lvm2 a--  100.00m 92.00m     2    23
</pre>


<code>
pvs -o pv_free
</code>

== Related ==
* <code>[[lvs]]</code>

== Activities ==
* Change <code>no_path_retry</code> to <code>no_path_retry queue</code> in <code>[[multipath.conf]]</code><ref>http://manpages.org/multipathconf/5</ref> configuration options to avoid <code>[[pvs]]</code> to hang : https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7022310

== See also ==
* <code>[[dmsetup]] ls</code> and <code>[[multipath]] -ll</code>
* {{lvm commands}}
* {{Linux block devices}}


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