1VGIMPORT(8)                 System Manager's Manual                VGIMPORT(8)
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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 se‐
112              lectable 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 un‐
122              usual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool relies
123              on reading back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't.
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125       -v|--verbose ...
126              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the de‐
127              tail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
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129       --version
130              Display version information.
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132       -y|--yes
133              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume
134              the answer yes. Use with extreme caution.  (For automatic no,
135              see -qq.)
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VARIABLES

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

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

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