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NAME
lvscan - scan (all disks) for logical volumesSYNOPSIS
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>
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