1VGSCAN(8) System Manager's Manual VGSCAN(8)
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6 vgscan - scan all disks for volume groups and rebuild caches
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9 vgscan [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [--ignorelockingfailure] [--mknodes]
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13 vgscan scans all SCSI, (E)IDE disks, multiple devices and a bunch of
14 other disk devices in the system looking for LVM physical volumes and
15 volume groups. Define a filter in lvm.conf(5) to restrict the scan to
16 avoid a CD ROM, for example.
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18 In LVM2, vgscans take place automatically; but you might still need to
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