HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)

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pvcreate(1M) pvcreate(1M)
If LANG is not specified or is null, it defaults to "C" (see lang(5)).
If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting, all internationalization variables default to
"C" (see environ(5)).
EXAMPLES
Create a physical volume on raw device
/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0, and force the creation without
confirmation:
pvcreate -f /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0
Create a physical volume on raw device /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0
, specifying that a bad blocks list (7, 13, 95,
and 133) must be read from standard input:
echo 7 13 95 133 | pvcreate -b /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0
WARNINGS
Check the manufacturer’s listing or run diagnostics testing for bad blocks on the device prior to creating a
physical volume. If bad blocks are present, use the
-b option when creating the physical volume.
The
-B option is not supported on HP-UX 11i Version 1.5.
FILES
/etc/disktab Disk geometry and disk partition characteristics for all disk devices on the system
SEE ALSO
mkboot(1M), vgcreate(1M), vgextend(1M), lif(4).
Section 1M−−698 Hewlett-Packard Company − 2 − HP-UX 11i Version 1: September 2005