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Name

vgexport - make volume groups unknown to the system

Synopsis

vgexport [-a|--all] [--commandprofile ProfileName] [-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)

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