This command is used to display information about physical volumes. It gives a summary of the physical volumes, including their names, free spaces, sizes and other parameters.
- About pvs: To report information about physical volumes
- Comes From: lvm2-2.02.72-8.el6.i686
- Configuration Files:
- Path: /sbin/pvs
Examples:
1. To display the PV info
| # pvs |
2. To see all the information
| # pvs –all |
3. To align the output
| # pvs –alligned |
4. To add an “LVM2_” prefix plus the field name to the output
| # pvs –nameprefixes |
5. To suppress the headings
| # pvs –noheadings |
6. To suppress the suffix on output sizes
| # pvs –nosuffix |
7. To comma-separated ordered list of columns
| # pvs -o pvs –options |
8. To produces one line of output for each contiguous allocation
| # pvs –segments |
9. To comma-separated ordered list of columns to sort by
| # pvs -O pvs –sort |
10. To output columns as rows
| # pvs –rows |
11. To use the string to separate each column
| # pvs –separator |
12. To produce output immediately without sorting or aligning the columns properly
| # pvs –unbuffered |
13. To All sizes are output in these units
| # pvs –units hHbBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE |
16. To get the help for
| # pvs –help |
17. To get the version
| # pvs –version |
18. To set to verbose mode
| # pvs -v # pvs –verbose |
Related Commands: lvm, pvdisplay, lvs, vgs
