vgexport(8) [redhat man page]

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)

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

NAME

       pvscan - scan all disks for physical volumes

SYNOPSIS

       pvscan [-d|--debug] [-e|--exported] [-h|--help] [-n|--novolumegroup] [-s|--short] [-u|--uuid] [-v[v]|--verbose [--verbose]]

DESCRIPTION

       pvscan scans all supported LVM block devices in the system for physical volumes.

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

       -e, --exported
	      Only show physical volumes belonging to exported volume groups.

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

       -n, --novolumegroup
	      Only show physical volumes not belonging to any volume group.

       -s, --short
	      Short listing format.

       -u, --uuid
	      Show UUIDs (Unifrom Unique Identifiers) in addition to device special names.

       -v, --verbose
	      Gives  verbose  runtime  information about pvscan's activities.  If given a second time it displays the attributes of found physical
	      volumes like pvdisplay(8) does.

DIAGNOSTICS

       pvscan returns an exit code of 0 for success or >0 for error:

       1  error reading physical volumes
       2  no physical volumes 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), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8)

AUTHOR

       Heinz Mauelshagen <Linux-LVM@Sistina.com>

Heinz Mauelshagen						     LVM TOOLS								 PVSCAN(8)