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# vgscan

> Scan for volume groups on all supported Logical Volume Manager (LVM) block devices.
> See also: `lvm`, `vgchange`.
> More information: <https://manned.org/vgscan>.

- Scan for volume groups and print information about each group found:

`sudo vgscan`

- Scan for volume groups and add the special files in `/dev`, if they don't already exist, needed to access the logical volumes in the found groups:

`sudo vgscan --mknodes`
