NAME
pvck — check or repair a physical volume in LVM volume group
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/pvck
-y
pv_path
/usr/sbin/pvck
-n
pv_path
DESCRIPTION
Note: Currently
pvck
is only capable of detecting bad checksums caused
by a forward system migration after a backward
system migration. It should not be used in other
situations.
The
pvck
command examines and repairs LVM data structures on a raw disk
(pv_path)
in a volume group.
Options and Arguments
pvck
recognizes the following options and arguments.
- -y
Repair problems found.
- -n
Report, but do not repair problems.
- pv_path
The raw device path name of a physical volume.
RETURN VALUE
pvck
returns the following values
- 0
Either no problems were found or all problems were corrected.
- 1
Unable to repair.
EXAMPLES
Examine LVM checksums on
/dev/rdsk/c0t6d0
without modifying anything:
Repair LVM checksums on
/dev/rdsk/c0t6d0
if necessary:
WARNINGS
pvck
should only be run on a device whose volume group has not
been activated.
pvck
is designed to repair the root device or devices
while the system is booted in maintenance mode ("hpux -lm", see
hpux(1M)
on PA-RISC systems).
AUTHOR
pvck
was developed by HP.
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