# vgimport

## NAME



           vgimport — Register exported volume group with system
    


## SYNOPSIS



           **vgimport** _option_args position_args_
               [ _option_args_ ]
    


## DESCRIPTION



           vgimport makes exported VGs known to the system again, perhaps
           after moving the PVs from a different system.
    
           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).
    


## USAGE



           Import specified VGs.
    
           **vgimport** _VG_ |_Tag_ |_Select_ ...
               [ **-S** |**--select** _String_ ]
               [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
    
           Import all VGs.
    
           **vgimport -a** |**--all**
               [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
    
           Common options for command:
               [ **-f** |**--force**]
               [    **--reportformat basic** |**json**]
    
           Common options for lvm:
               [ **-d** |**--debug**]
               [ **-h** |**--help**]
               [ **-q** |**--quiet**]
               [ **-t** |**--test**]
               [ **-v** |**--verbose**]
               [ **-y** |**--yes**]
               [    **--commandprofile** _String_ ]
               [    **--config** _String_ ]
               [    **--devices** _PV_ ]
               [    **--devicesfile** _String_ ]
               [    **--driverloaded y** |**n**]
               [    **--journal** _String_ ]
               [    **--lockopt** _String_ ]
               [    **--longhelp**]
               [    **--nohints**]
               [    **--nolocking**]
               [    **--profile** _String_ ]
               [    **--version**]
    


## OPTIONS



    
           **-a** |**--all**
                  Import all visible VGs.
    
           **--commandprofile** _String_
                  The  command profile to use for command configuration.  See
                  lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
    
           **--config** _String_
                  Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf(5)
                  settings.   The  String  arg  uses  the  same   format   as
                  lvm.conf(5),   or   may   use  section/field  syntax.   See
                  lvm.conf(5) for more information about config.
    
           **-d** |**--debug**...
                  Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to  increase  the
                  detail  of  messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if
                  configured).
    
           **--devices** _PV_
                  Devices that the  command  can  use.  This  option  can  be
                  repeated or accepts a comma separated list of devices. This
                  overrides the devices file.
    
           **--devicesfile** _String_
                  A  file listing devices that LVM should use.  The file must
                  exist  in  _/etc/lvm/devices/_  and  is  managed   with   the
                  lvmdevices(8)  command.   This  overrides  the  lvm.conf(5)
                  **devices/devicesfile** and **devices/use_devicesfile** settings.
    
           **--driverloaded y** |**n**
                  If set to no, the command will not attempt to  use  device-
                  mapper.  For testing and debugging.
    
           **-f** |**--force**...
                  Override  various  checks,  confirmations  and protections.
                  Use with extreme caution.
    
           **-h** |**--help**
                  Display help text.
    
           **--journal** _String_
                  Record  information   in   the   systemd   journal.    This
                  information  is  in  addition to information enabled by the
                  lvm.conf log/journal setting.  command: record  information
                  about  the  command.   output:  record  the default command
                  output.  debug: record full command debugging.
    
           **--lockopt** _String_
                  Used to pass options for special cases  to  lvmlockd.   See
                  lvmlockd(8) for more information.
    
           **--longhelp**
                  Display long help text.
    
           **--nohints**
                  Do  not  use  the  hints  file to locate devices for PVs. A
                  command may read more devices to find PVs  when  hints  are
                  not used. The command will still perform standard hint file
                  invalidation where appropriate.
    
           **--nolocking**
                  Disable locking.
    
           **--profile** _String_
                  An   alias   for   --commandprofile  or  --metadataprofile,
                  depending on the command.
    
           **-q** |**--quiet**...
                  Suppress output and log  messages.  Overrides  --debug  and
                  --verbose.   Repeat  once to also suppress any prompts with
                  answer 'no'.
    
           **--reportformat basic** |**json**
                  Overrides  current  output  format  for  reports  which  is
                  defined  globally  by  the  report/output_format setting in
                  lvm.conf(5).  **basic** is the original format with columns and
                  rows.  If there is more than one report per  command,  each
                  report is prefixed with the report name for identification.
                  **json** produces   report   output   in   JSON  format.  See
                  lvmreport(7) for more information.
    
           **-S** |**--select** _String_
                  Select  objects  for  processing  and  reporting  based  on
                  specified  criteria.   The  criteria syntax is described by
                  **--select help** and lvmreport(7).   For  reporting  commands,
                  one row is displayed for each object matching the criteria.
                  See  **--options help** for selectable object fields.  Rows can
                  be  displayed  with  an  additional  "selected"  field  (-o
                  selected)  showing 1 if the row matches the selection and 0
                  otherwise.  For non-reporting commands  which  process  LVM
                  entities, the selection is used to choose items to process.
    
           **-t** |**--test**
                  Run  in test mode. Commands will not update metadata.  This
                  is  implemented  by  disabling  all  metadata  writing  but
                  nevertheless  returning  success  to  the calling function.
                  This may lead to  unusual  error  messages  in  multi-stage
                  operations  if  a  tool  relies on reading back metadata it
                  believes has changed but hasn't.
    
           **-v** |**--verbose**...
                  Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the
                  detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
    
           **--version**
                  Display version information.
    
           **-y** |**--yes**
                  Do not prompt for  confirmation  interactively  but  always
                  assume  the  answer  yes.  Use  with extreme caution.  (For
                  automatic no, see -qq.)
    


## VARIABLES



           _VG_     Volume Group name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.
    
           _Tag_    Tag name.  See lvm(8) for information about tag names and
                  using tags in place of a VG, LV or PV.
    
           _Select_ Select indicates that a required positional parameter can
                  be omitted if the **--select** option is used.  No arg appears
                  in this position.
    
           _String_ See the option description for information about the string
                  content.
    
           _Size_[UNIT]
                  Size is an input number that accepts an optional unit.
                  Input units are always treated as base two values,
                  regardless of capitalization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer
                  to 1024.  The default input unit is specified by letter,
                  followed by |UNIT.  UNIT represents other possible input
                  units: **b** |**B** is bytes, **s** |**S** is sectors of 512 bytes, **k** |**K** is
                  KiB, **m** |**M** is MiB, **g** |**G** is GiB, **t** |**T** is TiB, **p** |**P** is PiB, **e** |**E** is
                  EiB.  (This should not be confused with the output control
                  --units, where capital letters mean multiple of 1000.)
    


## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES



           See lvm(8) for information about environment variables used by
           lvm.  For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a
           required VG parameter.
    


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