lvmchk.1m (2010 09)

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lvmchk(1M) lvmchk(1M)
NAME
lvmchk - check if disk volume is under HP Logical Volume Manager (LVM) control
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/lvmchk
device_path
DESCRIPTION
The
lvmchk command returns information about the disk volume specified by the device_path parame-
ter.
Options
lvmchk recognizes the following option:
device_path The device path name of a disk volume. device_path can be a block disk, raw disk, or a
logical volume.
RETURN VALUE
lvmchk returns the following values
0 The volume specified by device_path is under the control of LVM.
1 The volume specified by device_path is not under the control of LVM.
255 There was an internal I/O error on the volume specified by device_path , or a command line
syntax or usage error was encountered.
EXAMPLES
Examine whether volumes
/dev/dsk/c0t6d0
, /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0, and /dev/vg00/lvol1
belong to LVM or not.
lvmchk /dev/dsk/c0t6d0
lvmchk /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0
lvmchk /dev/vg00/lvol1
AUTHOR
lvmchk was developed by HP.
SEE ALSO
pvcreate(1M), pvdisplay(1M), intro(7), lvm(7).
HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010 − 1 − Hewlett-Packard Company 1