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pvchange \- change attributes of a physical volume
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pvchange
-[\-\-addtag Tag]
-[\-A|\-\-autobackup y|n] [\-d|\-\-debug]
-[\-f|\-\-force]
-[\-\-deltag Tag]
-[\-\-metadataignore y|n]
-[\-h|\-?|\-\-help]
-[\-t|\-\-test]
-[\-v|\-\-verbose] [\-a|\-\-all] [\-x|\-\-allocatable y|n]
-[\-u|\-\-uuid] [PhysicalVolumePath...]
+.RB [ \-\-addtag
+.IR Tag ]
+.RB [ \-A | \-\-autobackup
+.RI { y | n }]
+.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
+.RB [ \-f | \-\-force ]
+.RB [ \-\-deltag
+.IR Tag ]
+.RB [ \-\-metadataignore
+.RI { y | n }]
+.RB [ \-h | \-? | \-\-help ]
+.RB [ \-t | \-\-test ]
+.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
+.RB [ \-a | \-\-all ]
+.RB [ \-x | \-\-allocatable
+.RI { y | n }]
+.RB [ \-u | \-\-uuid ]
+.RI [ PhysicalVolumePath ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
pvchange allows you to change the allocation permissions of one or
more physical volumes.
.SH OPTIONS
-See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options.
.TP
-.I \-a, \-\-all
+.BR \-a ", " \-\-all
If PhysicalVolumePath is not specified on the command line all
physical volumes are searched for and used.
.TP
-.I \-\-metadataignore " y|n"
+.BR \-\-metadataignore " {" \fIy | \fIn }
Ignore or un-ignore metadata areas on this physical volume.
If metadata areas on a physical volume are ignored, LVM will
not not store metadata in the metadata areas present on this Physical
Volume.
.TP
-.I \-u, \-\-uuid
+.BR \-u ", " \-\-uuid
Generate new random UUID for specified physical volumes.
.TP
-.I \-x, \-\-allocatable y|n
+.BR \-x ", " \-\-allocatable " {" \fIy | \fIn }
Enable or disable allocation of physical extents on this physical volume.
.SH Example
-"pvchange -x n /dev/sdk1" disallows the allocation of physical extents
-on this physical volume (possibly because of disk errors, or because it will
-be removed after freeing it.
+Disallows the allocation of physical extents on this physical volume
+(possibly because of disk errors, or because it will be removed after
+freeing it:
+.sp
+.B pvchange -x n /dev/sdk1
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8),
.BR pvcreate (8)