lvscan

LVSCAN(8)                                                            LVSCAN(8)



NAME
       lvscan - scan (all disks) for logical volumes

SYNOPSIS
       lvscan    [-b|--blockdevice]   [-d|--debug]   [-D|--disk]   [-h|--help]
       [-v|--verbose]

DESCRIPTION
       lvscan scans all known volume groups or all supported LVM block devices
       in the system for defined logical volumes.

   OPTIONS
       -b, --blockdevice
              Adds  the  device major and minor numbers to the display of each
              logical volume.

       -d, --debug
              Enables additional debugging output (if compiled with DEBUG).

       -D, --disk
              Scan for logical volumes  on  disk(s)  instead  of  getting  the
              information from the kernel.

       -h, --help
              Print  a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

       -v, --verbose
              Gives verbose runtime information about lvscan's activities.

       --version
              Prints version number of tool and exits sucessfully.

DIAGNOSTICS
       lvscan returns an exit code of 0 for success and > 0 for error:

       1  no volume groups found
       2  invalid volume group name
       3  error getting VGDA from kernel

       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), lvcreate(8), lvdisplay(8)

AUTHOR
       Heinz Mauelshagen <Linux-LVM@Sistina.com>



Heinz Mauelshagen                  LVM TOOLS                         LVSCAN(8)