VGIMPORT(8)VGIMPORT(8)NAMEvgimport - make exported volume groups known to the system
SYNOPSISvgimport [-a|--all] [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [-v|--verbose] Vol‐
umeGroupName [VolumeGroupName...]
DESCRIPTIONvgimport allows you to make a Volume Group that was previously exported
using vgexport(8) known to the system again, perhaps after moving its
Physical Volumes from a different machine.
OPTIONS
See lvm(8) for common options.
-a, --all
Import all exported Volume Groups.
--force
Import exported Volume Groups even if there are missing Physical
Volumes. This option should only be used if the missing devices
are known to have failed and they cannot be restored.
SEE ALSOlvm(8), pvscan(8), vgexport(8), vgscan(8)Sistina Software UK LVM TOOLS 2.02.100(2) (2013-08-13) VGIMPORT(8)