LVSCAN(8)                                                                                                              LVSCAN(8)



NAME
       lvscan - scan (all disks) for Logical Volumes

SYNOPSIS
       lvscan [-a|--all] [-b|--blockdevice] [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [--ignorelockingfailure] [-P|--partial] [-v|--verbose]

DESCRIPTION
       lvscan  scans  all known volume groups or all supported LVM block devices in the system for defined Logical Volumes.  The
       output consists of one line for each Logical Volume indicating whether or not it is active, a  snapshot  or  origin,  the
       size  of the device and its allocation policy.  Use lvs(8) or lvdisplay(8) to obtain more-comprehensive information about
       the Logical Volumes.

OPTIONS
       See lvm for common options.

       --all  Include information in the output about internal Logical Volumes that are components of normally-accessible  Logi-
              cal Volumes, such as mirrors, but which are not independently accessible (e.g. not mountable).  For example, after
              creating a mirror using 'lvcreate -m1 --mirrorlog disk', this option will reveal three internal  Logical  Volumes,
              with suffixes mimage_0, mimage_1, and mlog.

       -b, --blockdevice
              This option is now ignored.  Instead, use lvs(8) or lvdisplay(8) to obtain the device number.

SEE ALSO
       lvm(8), lvcreate(8), lvdisplay(8) lvs(8)



Sistina Software UK                             LVM TOOLS 2.02.84(2) (2011-02-09)                                      LVSCAN(8)