How can I find out all active volume groups at my system

[Mirko Schmidt]

Hi @ All,

How can I find out all active volume groups at my system. I need the output for checkup script (like: vgxy1, vgxy2, vgxy3,....)

Thanks
Mirko

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Mirko:

# vgdisplay

...without any arguments.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Mirko Schmidt]

Hi,

I know this command, but the output is not usable for me, I need only the name of the volume group, vgdisplay is too much output.

Bye

[Yarek]

Hi,

I think following command could be useful

vgdisplay 2>/dev/null | more | grep "VG Name"



rgds.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again) Mirko:

OK, if you only want the vgname:

# vgdisplay |awk '/VG Name/ {print $3}'

Regards!

...JRF...

[Yarek · Accepted solution]

or something similar:

vgdisplay 2>/dev/null | grep "VG Name" | awk -F"/" '{print $3}'


good luck!

[Yarek]

or something very similar:

vgdisplay 2>/dev/null | awk -F"/" '/VG Name/ {print $3}'

you should obtain only VG names without '/dev' prefix

[Geoff Wild]

Or a combo of James and Yarek's:

vgdisplay 2>/dev/null | awk -F"/" '/VG Name/ {print $3}'

Rgds...Geoff

[Mirko Schmidt]

Hi @ All,
thanks for the informations.

Bye
Mirko