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



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)



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