LVSCAN(8)

NAME
lvscan - scan (all disks) for logical volumes

SYNOPSIS
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>