NAME

pvchange − Changes the characteristics of a physical volume in a volume group

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/pvchange −x Extensibility PhysicalVolumePath

DESCRIPTION

The pvchange command changes the characteristics and state of a physical volume in a volume group by setting the allocation permission for additional physical extents on the physical volume to either allowed or prohibited. 

FLAGS

−x Extensibility
Sets the allocation permission for additional physical extents on the physical volume specified by the PhysicalVolumePath argument.  The Extensibility argument is represented by one of the following:

yAllows the allocation of additional physical extents on the physical volume. 

nProhibits the allocation of additional physical extents on the physical volume.  You can, however, access the logical volumes that reside on the physical volume. 

EXAMPLES

This section contains Digital device-specific examples. 

     1.To prohibit the allocation of additional physical extents to physical volume rz1c, enter:

pvchange  -x n /dev/rz1c

Additional physical extents to rz1c are prohibited. 

     2.To allow the allocation of additional physical extents to physical volume rz1c, enter:

pvchange -x y /dev/rz1c

Additional physical extents to rz1c are allowed. 

FILES

/usr/sbin/pvchange
Specifies the command path

RELATED INFORMATION

Commands:  pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), pvmove(8)