debian man page for vgexport

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] VolumeGroupName [VolumeGroupName...]

DESCRIPTION
       vgexport allows you to make the inactive VolumeGroupName(s) unknown to the system.  You can then move all the Physical Volumes in that Vol-
       ume Group to a different system for later vgimport(8).  Most LVM2 tools ignore exported Volume Groups.

OPTIONS
       See lvm for common options.

       -a, --all
	      Export all inactive Volume Groups.

SEE ALSO
       lvm(8), pvscan(8), vgimport(8), vgscan(8)

Sistina Software UK					 LVM TOOLS 2.02.95(2) (2012-03-06)					       VGEXPORT(8)