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(8) 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.

       --cache
              Scan  devices for LVM physical volumes and volume groups and instruct the lvmetad daemon to update
              its cached state accordingly.

SEE ALSO

       lvm(8), vgcreate(8), vgchange(8)

Sistina Software UK                     LVM TOOLS 2.02.98(2) (2012-10-15)                              VGSCAN(8)