redhat man page for vgck

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

NAME
       vgck - check volume group descriptor area

SYNOPSIS
       vgck [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose] [VolumeGroupName...]

DESCRIPTION
       vgck checks the volume group descriptor area consistency of all or given volume groups.

   OPTIONS
       -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 information of vgck's activities.

DIAGNOSTICS
       vgck returns an exit code of 0, if volume group descriptor areas are consistent and > 0 if an error occurred:

       1  consistency error(s) found

       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), vgcreate(8), vgchange(8), vgscan(8)

AUTHOR
       Heinz Mauelshagen <Linux-LVM@Sistina.com>

Heinz Mauelshagen						     LVM TOOLS								   VGCK(8)