VGCK(8)

NAME
vgck - check volume group descriptor area

SYNOPSIS
vgck [-d/--debug] [-h/-?/--help] [-v/--verbose] [VolumeGroupName...]

DESCRIPTION
vgck checks the volume group descriptor area consistency of all or given volume groups.

  OPTIONS

-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 information of vgck's activities.

DIAGNOSTICS
vgck returns an exit code of 0, if volume group descriptor areas are consistent and > 0 if an error occurred:
1  consistency error(s) found
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), vgcreate(8), vgchange(8), vgscan(8)

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