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# lvmdiskscan

> Scan for devices that may be used as physical volumes by LVM (deprecated; prefer `pvs`).
> More information: <https://manned.org/lvmdiskscan>.

- Scan all devices:

`lvmdiskscan`

- Show only physical volumes (PVs):

`lvmdiskscan {{[-l|--lvmpartition]}}`

- Increase verbosity (repeat for more detail):

`lvmdiskscan {{[-v|--verbose]}}`