VGMKNODES(8) System Manager's Manual VGMKNODES(8)NAME
vgmknodes - create volume group directory and special files
SYNOPSIS
vgmknodes [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose] [VolumeGroupPath | VolumeGroupName...]
DESCRIPTION
vgmknodes creates the volume group directory and special files for an existing volume group. This is to restore deleted special files.
Owner, group and file permissions will not be restored.
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
Gives verbose information about vgmknode's activities.
Examples
"vgmknodes /dev/vg02" tries to remove /dev/vg02 and all contained special files and then creates them again based on the VGDA.
DIAGNOSTICS
vgmknodes returns an exit code of 0 for success and > 0 for error:
1 invalid volume group name
2 error checking existence of volume group
3 error removing volume group device special files
4 error creating volume group device special files
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 alsolvm(8), vgcreate(8)AUTHOR
Heinz Mauelshagen <Linux-LVM@Sistina.com>
Heinz Mauelshagen LVM TOOLS VGMKNODES(8)
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VGREMOVE(8) System Manager's Manual VGREMOVE(8)NAME
vgremove - remove a volume group
SYNOPSIS
vgremove [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose] VolumeGroupName [VolumeGroupName...]
DESCRIPTION
vgremove allows you to remove one or more volume groups. The volume group(s) must not have any logical volumes allocated and must also be
inactive (see vgchange(8) ).
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
Gives verbose runtime information about vgremove's activities.
DIAGNOSTICS
vgremove returns an code code of 0 for success and > 0 for error:
1 no volume group name on command line
2 error setting up freed physical volume
3 error writing freed physical volume(s) to disk(s)
4 error removing volume group from lvmtab
5 can't remove volume group containing logical volumes
6 invalid volume group name
7 volume group is active
8 not all physical volumes are online
9 error accessing volume group
10 error reading volume group data from disk(s)
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 alsolvm(8), vgcreate(8), vgreduce(8)AUTHOR
Heinz Mauelshagen <Linux-LVM@Sistina.com>
Heinz Mauelshagen LVM TOOLS VGREMOVE(8)
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