https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/vg-and-pv-cmds-slow/m-p/5338269#M53218 <P>What is the output if you run "vgscan -vvvv"?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Warning: the output is likely to be very long, so you may want to direct it to a file:</P><PRE>vgscan -vvvv &gt;/tmp/verbose-vgscan.txt 2&gt;&amp;1</PRE><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:25:31 GMT Matti_Kurkela 2011-09-20T20:25:31Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/vg-and-pv-cmds-slow/m-p/5338187#M53213 <P>I have a RHEL5.6 box and i am running vgs and pvs commands and it just hangs. We never change any filters and normally allow all block devices on lvm.conf. It does not have any external disks connected. Could someone throw more light?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Mike</P> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:19:09 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/vg-and-pv-cmds-slow/m-p/5338187#M53213 Mike_Swift 2011-09-20T19:19:09Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/vg-and-pv-cmds-slow/m-p/5338269#M53218 <P>What is the output if you run "vgscan -vvvv"?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Warning: the output is likely to be very long, so you may want to direct it to a file:</P><PRE>vgscan -vvvv &gt;/tmp/verbose-vgscan.txt 2&gt;&amp;1</PRE><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:25:31 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/vg-and-pv-cmds-slow/m-p/5338269#M53218 Matti_Kurkela 2011-09-20T20:25:31Z