lvmdiskscan
scans all SCSI, IDE, and other disks visible to the system and lists devices
TLDR
Scan all devices that may be used as physical volumes
$ lvmdiskscan
Show only physical volumes (PVs)$ lvmdiskscan -l
Increase verbosity (repeat for more detail)$ lvmdiskscan -v
SYNOPSIS
lvmdiskscan [options]
DESCRIPTION
lvmdiskscan scans all SCSI, IDE, and other disks visible to the system and lists devices that may be used as physical volumes by LVM. It reports each device's size and whether it is already an LVM physical volume.The output shows partitions and whole disks, indicating which ones contain LVM metadata. This is useful for identifying available storage before creating new physical volumes.
PARAMETERS
-l, --lvmpartition
Show only partitions that are LVM physical volumes-v, --verbose
Increase verbosity level; can be repeated for more detail
INSTALL
sudo apt install lvm2
sudo dnf install lvm2
sudo pacman -S lvm2
sudo apk add lvm2
sudo zypper install lvm2
nix profile install nixpkgs#lvm2
CAVEATS
This command is deprecated; use pvs for listing physical volumes and standard tools like lsblk for device enumeration. The scan can be slow on systems with many devices. Requires root privileges for complete device information.