>From 'man 8 vgexport': vgexport allows you to make the inactive VolumeGroupName(s) unknown to the system. By 'unknown to the system' I would expect it would not appear in vg listings such as vgs (shown below) or vgdisplay. [root@icarus lvm]# vgcreate junk /dev/loop1 /dev/loop2 /dev/loop3 Volume group "junk" successfully created [root@icarus lvm]# vgs VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree junk 3 0 0 wz--n- 48.00M 48.00M [root@icarus lvm]# vgchange junk -a n 0 logical volume(s) in volume group "junk" now active [root@icarus lvm]# vgs VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree junk 3 0 0 wz--n- 48.00M 48.00M [root@icarus lvm]# vgexport junk Volume group "junk" successfully exported [root@icarus lvm]# vgs VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree junk 3 0 0 wzx-n- 48.00M 48.00M However, more disturbing is that if I remove one of the disks, lvm complains about a missing item. [root@icarus lvm]# losetup -d /dev/loop2 [root@icarus lvm]# vgs Couldn't find device with uuid 1gNBDl-dOqI-OQid-TIcq-8Lp2-qUa2-PwdvnB. VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree junk 3 0 0 wzxpn- 48.00M 48.00M Am I expecting the wrong things from this command? Thanks, -- Jess Males _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
