tldr/pages/linux/vgscan.md

# vgscan

> Scan for volume groups on all supported Logical Volume Manager (LVM) block devices.
> See also `lvm`, `vgchange`.
> More information: <https://manned.org/vgscan>.

- Scan for volume groups and print information about each group found:

`sudo vgscan`

- Scan for volume groups and add the special files in `/dev`, if they don't already exist, needed to access the logical volumes in the found groups:

`sudo vgscan --mknodes`
vgscan, vgchange: add page (#6128) 2021-06-25 15:49:56 -04:00			`# vgscan`

			`> Scan for volume groups on all supported Logical Volume Manager (LVM) block devices.`
			> See also `lvm`, `vgchange`.
			`> More information: <https://manned.org/vgscan>.`

			`- Scan for volume groups and print information about each group found:`

			`sudo vgscan`

*: normalize colons (#7913) 2022-03-27 07:25:15 +02:00			- Scan for volume groups and add the special files in `/dev`, if they don't already exist, needed to access the logical volumes in the found groups:
vgscan, vgchange: add page (#6128) 2021-06-25 15:49:56 -04:00
			`sudo vgscan --mknodes`