Display physical volumes associated with the volume group.
Display physical volumes.
$ pvdisplay --columns --noheadings --options pv_name | tr -d ' '
/dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd /dev/sde /dev/sdf
Display volume groups.
$ sudo vgdisplay --columns --noheadings --options vg_name | tr -d ' '
vg_backup vg_data
Display physical volumes associated with the volume group.
$ sudo pvdisplay --columns --noheadings --options pv_name --select vg_name=vg_backup | tr -d ' '
/dev/sdd /dev/sde /dev/sdf
$ sudo pvdisplay --columns --noheadings --options pv_name --select vg_name=vg_data | tr -d ' '
/dev/sdb /dev/sdc
This method comes in handy when using ansible or other automation tools.