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NAME

       vgexport - make volume groups unknown to the system

SYNOPSIS

       vgexport    [-a|--all]   [-d|--debug]   [-h|-?|--help]   [-v|--verbose]
       VolumeGroupName [VolumeGroupName...]

DESCRIPTION

       vgexport allows you to make the inactive VolumeGroupName(s) unknown  to
       the  system.  You can then move all the Physical Volumes in that Volume
       Group to a different system for later  vgimport(8).   Most  LVM2  tools
       ignore exported Volume Groups.

OPTIONS

       See lvm for common options.

       -a, --all
              Export all inactive Volume Groups.

SEE ALSO

       lvm(8), pvscan(8), vgimport(8), vgscan(8)