VGEXPORT(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       VGEXPORT(8)

NAME

       vgexport - make volume groups unknown to the system

SYNOPSIS

       vgexport [-a|--all] [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose] [--version] [VolumeGroupName...]

DESCRIPTION

       vgexport allows you to make the inactive VolumeGroupName unknown to the system.	You can then move all of the physical volumes in that vol-
       ume group to a different system for later vgimport(8).  An exported volume group is not detected by  vgscan(8),	but  pvscan(8)	will  show
       which physical volumes belong to the exported volume group.

   OPTIONS
       -a, --all
	      Exports all inactive volume groups.

       -d, --debug
	      Enables additional debugging output (if compiled with DEBUG).

       -h, --help
	      Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

       -v, --verbose
	      Display verbose runtime information about vgexport's activities.

       --version
	      Display tool and IOP version and exit successfully.

DIAGNOSTICS

       vgexport returns an exit code of 0 for success and > 0 for error:

       1  no volume groups found at all
       2  no volume group name on command line

       95 driver/module not in kernel
       96 invalid I/O protocol version
       97 error locking logical volume manager
       98 invalid lvmtab (run vgscan(8))
       99 invalid command line

SEE ALSO

       lvm(8), vgimport(8)

AUTHOR

       Heinz Mauelshagen <Linux-LVM@Sistina.com>

Heinz Mauelshagen						     LVM TOOLS							       VGEXPORT(8)