| .TH VGIMPORT 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*- |
| .SH NAME |
| vgimport \(em make exported volume groups known to the system |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B vgimport |
| .RB [ \-a | \-\-all ] |
| .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ] |
| .RB [ \-h | \-? | \-\-help ] |
| .RB [ \-\-reportformat |
| .RB { basic | json }] |
| .RB [ \-S | \-\-select |
| .IR Selection ] |
| .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ] |
| .RI [ VolumeGroupName ...] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| vgimport allows you to make a Volume Group that was previously |
| exported using |
| .BR vgexport (8) |
| known to the system again, perhaps after moving its Physical Volumes |
| from a different machine. |
| vgexport clears the VG system ID, and vgimport sets the VG system ID |
| to match the host running vgimport (if the host has a system ID). |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-a ", " \-\-all |
| Import all exported Volume Groups. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-\-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. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR lvm (8), |
| .BR pvscan (8), |
| .BR vgexport (8), |
| .BR vgscan (8), |
| .BR lvmsystemid (7) |
