VGEXPORT(8)

NAME
vgexport - make volume groups unknown to the system

SYNOPSIS
vgexport [-a/--all] [-d/--debug] [-h/-?/--help] [-v/--verbose] [VolumeGroupName...]

DESCRIPTION
vgexport allows you to make one or more inactive volume groups unknown to the system. You can then de-install the physical volumes and move them to a different system.

  OPTIONS

-a, --all
    Exports all inactive volume groups.

-d, --debug
    Enables additional debugging output (if compiled with DEBUG).

-h, -?, --help
    Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

-v, --verbose
    Display verbose runtime information about vgexport's activities.

DIAGNOSTICS
vgexport returns an exit code of 0 for success and > 0 for error:
1  no volume groups found at all
2  no volume group name on command line
95 driver/module not in kernel
96 invalid I/O protocol version
97 error locking logical volume manager
98 invalid lvmtab (run vgscan(8))
99 invalid command line

See also
lvm(8), vgimport(8)

AUTHOR
Heinz Mauelshagen <Linux-LVM@Sistina.com>