VGEXPORT(8)

NAME
vgexport - make volume groups unknown to the system

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

DESCRIPTION
vgexport allows you to make the inactive VolumeGroupName unknown to the system. You can then move all of the physical volumes in that volume group to a different system for later vgimport(8). An exported volume group is not detected by vgscan(8), but pvscan(8) will show which physical volumes belong to the exported volume group.

  OPTIONS

-a, --all
    Exports all inactive volume groups.

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

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

-v, --verbose
    Display verbose runtime information about vgexport's activities.

--version
    Display tool and IOP version and exit successfully.

DIAGNOSTICS
vgexport returns an exit code of 0 for success and > 0 for error:
1  no volume groups found at all
2  no volume group name on command line
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), vgimport(8)

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