VGS(8) VGS(8)
vgs - report information about volume groups
vgs [--aligned] [-d/--debug] [-h/-?/--help] [--ignorelockingfailure]
[--noheadings] [--nosuffix] [-o/--options [+]Field[,Field]] [-O/--sort
[+/-]Key1[,[+/-]Key2[,...]]] [-P/--partial] [--separator Separator]
[--unbuffered] [--units hsbkmgtHKMGT] [-v/--verbose] [--version] [Vol-
umeGroupName [VolumeGroupName...]]
vgs produces formatted output about volume groups.
See lvm for common options.
--aligned
Use with --separator to align the output columns.
--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. 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.
--separator Separator
String to use to separate each column. Useful if grepping the
output.
--unbuffered
Produce output immediately without sorting or aligning the
columns 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
lvm(8), vgdisplay(8), pvs(8), lvs(8)
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