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VGS(8)									VGS(8)

NAME
       vgs - report information about volume groups

SYNOPSIS
       vgs  [--aligned]	 [-d|--debug]  [-h|-?|--help] [--ignorelockingfailure]
       [--nameprefixes]	    [--noheadings]     [--nosuffix]	 [-o|--options
       [+]Field[,Field]]  [-O|--sort  [+|-]Key1[,[+|-]Key2[,...]]]  [-P|--par‐
       tial]  [--rows]	 [--separator	Separator]   [--unbuffered]   [--units
       hsbkmgtHKMGT]  [--unquoted] [-v|--verbose] [--version] [VolumeGroupName
       [VolumeGroupName...]]

DESCRIPTION
       vgs produces formatted output about volume groups.

OPTIONS
       See lvm for common options.

       --aligned
	      Use with --separator to align the output columns.

       --nameprefixes
	      Add an "LVM2_" prefix plus the field name to the output.	Useful
	      with  --noheadings  to  produce a list of field=value pairs that
	      can be used to set environment variables (for example,  in  udev
	      (7) rules).

       --noheadings
	      Suppress	the  headings  line that is normally the first line of
	      output.  Useful if grepping the output.

       --nosuffix
	      Suppress the suffix on output sizes.  Use with --units (except h
	      and H) if processing the output.

       -o, --options
	      Comma-separated  ordered list of columns.	 Precede the list with
	      '+' to append to the default selection of columns.  Column names
	      are:   vg_fmt,  vg_uuid,	vg_name,  vg_attr,  vg_size,  vg_free,
	      vg_sysid,	  vg_extent_size,   vg_extent_count,	vg_free_count,
	      max_lv,	max_pv,	  pv_count,  lv_count,	snap_count,  vg_seqno,
	      vg_tags, vg_mda_count, vg_mda_free, and vg_mda_size.  Any	 "vg_"
	      prefixes	are  optional.	Columns mentioned in either pvs (8) or
	      lvs (8) can also be chosen, but columns  cannot  be  taken  from
	      both  at	the  same  time.  Use -o help to view the full list of
	      fields available.

	      The vg_attr bits are:

	      1	 Permissions: (w)riteable, (r)ead-only

	      2	 Resi(z)eable

	      3	 E(x)ported

	      4	 (p)artial

	      5	 Allocation   policy:	(c)ontiguous,	 c(l)ing,    (n)ormal,
		 (a)nywhere, (i)nherited

	      6	 (c)lustered

       -O, --sort
	      Comma-separated  ordered	list  of columns to sort by.  Replaces
	      the default selection. Precede any column with - for  a  reverse
	      sort on that column.

       --rows Output columns as rows.

       --separator Separator
	      String  to  use to separate each column.	Useful if grepping the
	      output.

       --unbuffered
	      Produce output immediately without sorting or aligning the  col‐
	      umns properly.

       --units hsbkmgtHKMGT
	      All   sizes   are	  output  in  these  units:  (h)uman-readable,
	      (s)ectors,  (b)ytes,  (k)ilobytes,   (m)egabytes,	  (g)igabytes,
	      (t)erabytes.  Capitalise to use multiples of 1000 (S.I.) instead
	      of 1024.	Can also specify custom (u)nits e.g.  --units 3M

       --unquoted
	      When used with --nameprefixes, output values in the  field=value
	      pairs are not quoted.

SEE ALSO
       lvm(8), vgdisplay(8), pvs(8), lvs(8)

Sistina Software UK    LVM TOOLS 2.02.44-cvs (02-17-09)			VGS(8)

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