pvs

Output a report of physical volume information.

Description

The pvs command is used to output a formatted report of physical volume information. It provides a summary of physical volumes; for more detailed information, use the pvdisplay command.

Syntax

pvs(options)(parameters)

Options

--noheadings: Do not output column headers;
--nosuffix: Do not output units for space sizes.

Parameters

Physical Volume: A list of physical volumes for which to display the report.

Example

Use the pvs command to display a report of all physical volumes in the system. Enter the following command:

pvs # Output physical volume information report 

Output information:

PV         VG     fmt  Attr PSize   PFree  
/dev/sdb1  vg1000 lvm2 --   100.00M 100.00M  
/dev/sdb2         lvm2 --   101.98M 101.98M