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Commit: 814cff0c20158b89592bac437faa375d7d8ff682
Parent: 819b469880e9f6b18e76d3f1cdbd3e69fe5dab3e
Author: David Teigland <teigland(a)redhat.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Nov 14 09:34:30 2018 -0600
Committer: David Teigland <teigland(a)redhat.com>
CommitterDate: Wed Nov 14 09:34:30 2018 -0600
man: pvscan updates
---
man/pvscan.8_des | 16 +++++++---------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/pvscan.8_des b/man/pvscan.8_des
index 5e24855..f685b82 100644
--- a/man/pvscan.8_des
+++ b/man/pvscan.8_des
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-pvscan reads all supported LVM block devices in the system for PVs.
-
When called without the --cache option, pvscan lists PVs on the system,
like
.BR pvs (8)
or
.BR pvdisplay (8).
-When the --cache and -aay options are used, pvscan keeps track of PVs that
-have appeared on the system, and activates LVs in completed VGs. A VG is
+When the --cache and -aay options are used, pvscan records which PVs are
+available on the system, and activates LVs in completed VGs. A VG is
complete when pvscan sees that the final PV in the VG has appeared. This
is used by event-based system startup (systemd, udev) to activate LVs.
@@ -23,14 +21,14 @@ In most cases, the pvscan will only read the named devices.
.B pvscan --cache -aay
.IR device ...
-This begins by performing the same steps as above. If the device is the
-final PV in the VG to appear on the system, then pvscan will activate LVs
-in the VG (the same as vgchange -aay vgname would do.)
+This begins by performing the same steps as above. Afterward, if the VG
+for the specified PV is complete, then pvscan will activate LVs in the VG
+(the same as vgchange -aay vgname would do.)
.B pvscan --cache
-This clears all existing PV online records, then scans all the devices on
-the system, adding PV online records for any PVs that it finds.
+This first clears all existing PV online records, then scans all devices
+on the system, adding PV online records for any PVs that are found.
.B pvscan --cache -aay