vgexport

VGEXPORT(8)                                                        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 volume
       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 phys-
       ical 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)