NAME


vgexport - make volume groups unknown to the system

SYNOPSIS


vgexport [-a|--all] [-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 for common options.
-a, --all Export all inactive Volume Groups.

SEE ALSO


lvm(8), pvscan(8), vgimport(8), vgscan(8)

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