Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - LOGICAL VOLUME MANAGER ADMINISTRATION Manual page 59

Argument
dev_size
pe_start
pv_attr
pv_fmt
pv_free
pv_name
pv_pe_alloc_count
pv_pe_count
pvseg_size
pvseg_start
pv_size
pv_tags
pv_used
pv_uuid
Table 4.1. pvs Display Fields
The pvs command displays the following fields by default: pv_name, vg_name, pv_fmt, pv_attr,
pv_size, pv_free. The display is sorted by pv_name.
# pvs
PV VG
/dev/sdb1 new_vg lvm2 a-
/dev/sdc1 new_vg lvm2 a-
/dev/sdd1 new_vg lvm2 a-
Using the -v argument with the pvs command adds the following fields to the default display:
dev_size, pv_uuid.
# pvs -v
Scanning for physical volume names
PV VG
/dev/sdb1 new_vg lvm2 a-
M7iv-6XqA-dqGeXY
/dev/sdc1 new_vg lvm2 a-
IdwM-01S9-XO8M-mcpsVe
/dev/sdd1 new_vg lvm2 a-
dECm-0RZ3-0dGW-tUqkCS
Header Description
DevSize The size of the underlying device on which the physical
volume was created
1st PE Offset to the start of the first physical extent in the
underlying device
Attr Status of the physical volume: (a)llocatable or e(x)ported.
Fmt The metadata format of the physical volume (lvm2 or
lvm1)
PFree The free space remaining on the physical volume
PV The physical volume name
Alloc Number of used physical extents
PE Number of physical extents
SSize The segment size of the physical volume
Start The starting physical extent of the physical volume
segment
PSize The size of the physical volume
PV Tags LVM tags attached to the physical volume
Used The amount of space currently used on the physical
volume
PV UUID The UUID of the physical volume
Fmt Attr PSize
17.14G 17.14G
17.14G 17.09G
17.14G 17.13G
Fmt Attr PSize
17.14G 17.14G
17.14G 17.09G
17.14G 17.13G
PFree
PFree DevSize PV UUID
17.14G onFF2w-1fLC-ughJ-D9eB-
17.14G Joqlch-yWSj-kuEn-
17.14G yvfvZK-Cf31-j75k-
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