vgexport (8)

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO

NAME

vgexport - make volume groups unknown to the system

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

vgexport allows you to make the inactive VolumeGroupName(s) unknown to the system. You can then move all the Physical Volumes in that Volume Group to a different system for later vgimport(8). Most LVM2 tools ignore exported Volume Groups.

OPTIONS

See lvm(8) for common options.
-a, --all
Export all inactive Volume Groups.

SEE ALSO

lvm(8), pvscan(8), vgimport(8), vgscan(8)