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NAME

6       vgimport - Register exported volume group with system
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SYNOPSIS

9       vgimport option_args position_args
10           [ option_args ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       vgimport  makes  exported  VGs known to the system again, perhaps after
14       moving the PVs from a different system.
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16       vgexport clears the VG system ID, and vgimport sets the VG system ID to
17       match the host running vgimport (if the host has a system ID).
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USAGE

20       Import specified VGs.
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22       vgimport VG|Tag|Select ...
23           [ -S|--select String ]
24           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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26       Import all VGs.
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28       vgimport -a|--all
29           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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31       Common options for command:
32           [ -f|--force ]
33           [    --reportformat basic|json ]
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35       Common options for lvm:
36           [ -d|--debug ]
37           [ -h|--help ]
38           [ -q|--quiet ]
39           [ -t|--test ]
40           [ -v|--verbose ]
41           [ -y|--yes ]
42           [    --commandprofile String ]
43           [    --config String ]
44           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
45           [    --lockopt String ]
46           [    --longhelp ]
47           [    --nolocking ]
48           [    --profile String ]
49           [    --version ]
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OPTIONS

52       -a|--all
53              Import all visible VGs.
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55       --commandprofile String
56              The command profile to use for command configuration.  See
57              lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
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59       --config String
60              Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf set‐
61              tings.  The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may
62              use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5) for more information
63              about config.
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65       -d|--debug ...
66              Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail
67              of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).
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69       --driverloaded y|n
70              If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.
71              For testing and debugging.
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73       -f|--force ...
74              Override various checks, confirmations and protections.  Use
75              with extreme caution.
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77       -h|--help
78              Display help text.
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80       --lockopt String
81              Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd.  See lvm‐
82              lockd(8) for more information.
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84       --longhelp
85              Display long help text.
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87       --nolocking
88              Disable locking.
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90       --profile String
91              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on
92              the command.
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94       -q|--quiet ...
95              Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --ver‐
96              bose.  Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer
97              'no'.
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99       --reportformat basic|json
100              Overrides current output format for reports which is defined
101              globally by the report/output_format setting in lvm.conf.  basic
102              is the original format with columns and rows.  If there is more
103              than one report per command, each report is prefixed with the
104              report name for identification. json produces report output in
105              JSON format. See lvmreport(7) for more information.
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107       -S|--select String
108              Select objects for processing and reporting based on specified
109              criteria.  The criteria syntax is described by --select help and
110              lvmreport(7).  For reporting commands, one row is displayed for
111              each object matching the criteria.  See --options help for
112              selectable object fields.  Rows can be displayed with an addi‐
113              tional "selected" field (-o selected) showing 1 if the row
114              matches the selection and 0 otherwise.  For non-reporting com‐
115              mands which process LVM entities, the selection is used to
116              choose items to process.
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118       -t|--test
119              Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata.  This is
120              implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless
121              returning success to the calling function. This may lead to
122              unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool
123              relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but
124              hasn't.
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126       -v|--verbose ...
127              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the
128              detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
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130       --version
131              Display version information.
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133       -y|--yes
134              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume
135              the answer yes. Use with extreme caution.  (For automatic no,
136              see -qq.)
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VARIABLES

139       VG
140              Volume Group name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.
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142       Tag
143              Tag  name.  See lvm(8) for information about tag names and using
144              tags in place of a VG, LV or PV.
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146       Select
147              Select indicates that a required  positional  parameter  can  be
148              omitted  if the --select option is used.  No arg appears in this
149              position.
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151       String
152              See the option description for information about the string con‐
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155       Size[UNIT]
156              Size  is  an  input number that accepts an optional unit.  Input
157              units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capi‐
158              talization,  e.g.  'k'  and 'K' both refer to 1024.  The default
159              input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.  UNIT rep‐
160              resents  other  possible  input units: bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE.  b|B is
161              bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K  is  kilobytes,  m|M  is
162              megabytes, g|G is gigabytes, t|T is terabytes, p|P is petabytes,
163              e|E is exabytes.  (This should not be confused with  the  output
164              control --units, where capital letters mean multiple of 1000.)
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

167       See  lvm(8)  for  information  about environment variables used by lvm.
168       For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG
169       parameter.
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SEE ALSO

172       lvm(8) lvm.conf(5) lvmconfig(8)
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174       pvchange(8)  pvck(8)  pvcreate(8)  pvdisplay(8)  pvmove(8)  pvremove(8)
175       pvresize(8) pvs(8) pvscan(8)
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177       vgcfgbackup(8) vgcfgrestore(8) vgchange(8) vgck(8)  vgcreate(8)  vgcon‐
178       vert(8)  vgdisplay(8)  vgexport(8)  vgextend(8)  vgimport(8)  vgimport‐
179       clone(8) vgmerge(8) vgmknodes(8)  vgreduce(8)  vgremove(8)  vgrename(8)
180       vgs(8) vgscan(8) vgsplit(8)
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182       lvcreate(8)  lvchange(8)  lvconvert(8)  lvdisplay(8)  lvextend(8) lvre‐
183       duce(8) lvremove(8) lvrename(8) lvresize(8) lvs(8) lvscan(8)
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185       lvm-fullreport(8) lvm-lvpoll(8) lvm2-activation-generator(8) blkdeacti‐
186       vate(8) lvmdump(8)
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188       dmeventd(8)  lvmpolld(8)  lvmlockd(8)  lvmlockctl(8)  cmirrord(8) lvmd‐
189       busd(8)
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191       lvmsystemid(7) lvmreport(7) lvmraid(7) lvmthin(7) lvmcache(7)
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