pvdisplay
TLDR
Display all physical volumes
$ sudo pvdisplay
Display specific physical volume$ sudo pvdisplay [/dev/sdXY]
SYNOPSIS
pvdisplay [-v] [-m] [--maps] [PhysicalVolume...]
DESCRIPTION
pvdisplay shows detailed information about LVM physical volumes. It reports the physical volume name, volume group membership, size, physical extent size, and allocation status.
The command is part of LVM (Logical Volume Manager) toolset and provides essential information for managing storage on Linux systems using LVM.
PARAMETERS
-v, --verbose
Display more detailed information-m, --maps
Display mapping of physical extents--units _units_
Display sizes in specified units-C, --columns
Output in columns format--reportformat _format_
Output format (basic, json)
CAVEATS
Requires root privileges. Only shows LVM-initialized devices. Use pvs for scriptable output. Physical volumes must be initialized with pvcreate first.
HISTORY
pvdisplay is part of LVM2, the Logical Volume Manager for Linux. LVM provides flexible disk management, allowing dynamic resizing and spanning of storage across multiple devices.
