List inactive vgs

[Coolmar]

Is there a way to print a list (in a script) of the inactive volume groups?

Thanks,
SD

[Geoff Wild]

vgdisplay >/dev/null


Standard error will display on your screen.

Example:


# vgdisplay >/dev/null
vgdisplay: Volume group not activated.
vgdisplay: Cannot display volume group "/dev/vg13".



Rgds...Geoff

[Coolmar]

Yeah, thanks Geoff....that is what I am using but was hoping there was a command or switch that would do something like list the vg's and their status.

Thanks again.

[Torsten.]

The command is not that bad - it list the vg's and their status!

For activated VG you have an output like

--- Volume groups ---
VG Name /dev/vgdata
VG Write Access read/write, read/write-quiesced
VG Status available, shared, client
...

among other lines and for non-activated VG you have (according to the example above)

vgdisplay: Volume group not activated.
vgdisplay: Cannot display volume group "/dev/vg13".

Not enough for printing a list in a script?

[Coolmar]

Yes, I created a script...I was wondering if there was a command or a switch.

[Coolmar]

n/a