.TH VGIMPORT 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
vgimport \- make exported volume groups known to the system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vgimport
.RB [ \-a | \-\-all ]
.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
.RB [ \-h | \-? | \-\-help ]
.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
.I VolumeGroupName
.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.
.SH OPTIONS
See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options.
.TP
.BR \-a ", " \-\-all
Import all exported Volume Groups.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8),
.BR pvscan (8),
.BR vgexport (8),
.BR vgscan (8)