VGSCAN
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: LVM TOOLS 2.02.53(1) (2009-09-25)
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NAME
vgscan - scan all disks for volume groups and rebuild caches
SYNOPSIS
vgscan
[-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help]
[--ignorelockingfailure]
[--mknodes]
[-P|--partial]
[-v|--verbose]
DESCRIPTION
vgscan scans all SCSI, (E)IDE disks, multiple devices and a bunch
of other disk devices in the system looking for LVM physical volumes
and volume groups. Define a filter in lvm.conf(5) to restrict
the scan to avoid a CD ROM, for example.
In LVM2, vgscans take place automatically; but you might still need to
run one explicitly after changing hardware.
OPTIONS
See lvm for common options.
- --mknodes
-
Also checks the LVM special files in /dev that are needed for active
logical volumes and creates any missing ones and removes unused ones.
SEE ALSO
lvm(8),
vgcreate(8),
vgchange(8)