VGIMPORT

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: LVM TOOLS 2.02.53(1) (2009-09-25)
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NAME

vgimport - make exported volume groups known to the system  

SYNOPSIS

vgimport [-a|--all] [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [-v|--verbose] VolumeGroupName [VolumeGroupName...]  

DESCRIPTION

vgimport allows you to make a Volume Group that was previously exported using vgexport(8) known to the system again, perhaps after moving its Physical Volumes from a different machine.  

OPTIONS

See lvm for common options.
-a, --all
Import all exported Volume Groups.
 

SEE ALSO

lvm(8), pvscan(8), vgexport(8), vgscan(8)