VGSCAN(8)

NAME
vgscan - scan all disks for volume groups and rebuild caches

SYNOPSIS
vgscan [-d/--debug] [-h/-?/--help] [--ignorelockingfailure] [--mknodes] [-P/--partial] [-v/--verbose]

DESCRIPTION
vgscan scans all SCSI, (E)IDE disks, multiple devices and a bunch of other disk devices in the system looking for LVM physical volumes and volume groups. Define a filter in lvm.conf(8) to restrict the scan to avoid a CD ROM, for example.

In LVM2, vgscans take place automatically; but you might still need to run one explicitly after changing hardware.

OPTIONS
See lvm for common options.

--mknodes
    Also checks the LVM special files in /dev that are needed for active logical volumes and creates any missing ones and removes unused ones.

SEE ALSO
lvm(8), vgcreate(8), vgchange(8)