vgscan - scan all disks for volume groups and rebuild caches
vgscan [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [--ignorelockingfailure] [--mknodes]
[-P|--partial] [-v|--verbose]
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.
See lvm 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.
lvm(8), vgcreate(8), vgchange(8)