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.TH VGCHANGE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
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vgchange \- change attributes of a volume group
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.RB [\-A | \-\-autobackup " {" y | n }]
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.RB [\-a | \-\-available " {" y | n }]
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.RB [\-\-ignorelockingfailure]
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.RB [\-l | \-\-logicalvolume
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.IR MaxLogicalVolumes ]
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.RB [\-P | \-\-partial]
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.RB [\-v | \-\-verbose]
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.RB [\-x | \-\-resizeable " {" y | n }]
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.RI [ VolumeGroupName ...]
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allows you to change the attributes of one or more volume groups.
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Its main purpose is to activate and deactivate
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or all volume groups if none is specified. Only active volume groups
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are subject to changes and allow access to their logical volumes.
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[Not yet implemented: During volume group activation, if
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recognizes snapshot logical volumes which were dropped because they ran
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out of space, it displays a message informing the administrator that such
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snapshots should be removed (see
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See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
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.BR \-A ", " \-\-autobackup { y | n }
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Controls automatic backup of metadata after the change. See
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.BR \-a ", " \-\-available { y | n }
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Controls the availability of the volume group for input/output.
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In other words: makes a volume group known/unknown to the kernel.
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.BR \-l ", " \-\-logicalvolume " " \fIMaxLogicalVolumes\fR
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Changes the maximum logical volume number of an existing inactive
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.BR \-x ", " \-\-resizeable { y | n }
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Enables or disables the extension/reduction of this volume group
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with/by physical volumes.
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To activate all known volume groups in the system:
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To change the maximum number of logical volumes of inactive volume group
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\ vgchange -l 128 /dev/vg00
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