1VGDISPLAY(8) System Manager's Manual VGDISPLAY(8)
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6 vgdisplay - display attributes of volume groups
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9 vgdisplay [-A|--activevolumegroups] [-c|--colon|-s|--short|-v|--ver‐
10 bose] [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [--ignorelockingfailure] [--nosuffix]
11 [-P|--partial] [--unitshHbBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE] [--version] [VolumeGroup‐
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14 vgdisplay --columns | -C [--aligned][-d|--debug][-h|-?|--help]
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16 [-o|--options[+]Field[,Field]] [-O|--sort[+|-]Key1[,[+|-]Key2[,...]]]
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18 MgGtTpPeE] [-v|--verbose] [--version] [VolumeGroupName[VolumeGroup‐
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22 vgdisplay allows you to see the attributes of VolumeGroupName (or all
23 volume groups if none is given) with it's physical and logical volumes
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26 vgs [22m(8) is an alternative that provides the same information in the
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30 See lvm for common options and vgs for options given with --columns.
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32 -A, --activevolumegroups
33 Only select the active volume groups.
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36 Generate colon separated output for easier parsing in scripts or
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43 2 volume group access
44 3 volume group status
45 4 internal volume group number
46 5 maximum number of logical volumes
47 6 current number of logical volumes
48 7 open count of all logical volumes in this volume group
49 8 maximum logical volume size
50 9 maximum number of physical volumes
51 10 current number of physical volumes
52 11 actual number of physical volumes
53 12 size of volume group in kilobytes
54 13 physical extent size
55 14 total number of physical extents for this volume group
56 15 allocated number of physical extents for this volume group
57 16 free number of physical extents for this volume group
58 17 uuid of volume group
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62 Give a short listing showing the existence of volume groups.
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65 Display verbose information containing long listings of physical
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70 Display version and exit successfully.
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73 Display output in columns, the equivalent of vgs. Options
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