Why does "vgdisplay -A" show Volume Groups which are NOT active?
Issue
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vgdisplay -Adoes not work as descripted in the manpage. See following example: -
How can I get the status of a vg if it is active or not?
# vgchange -an vg_Data
0 logical volume(s) in volume group "vg_Data" now active
# man vgdisplay
# vgdisplay -A
--- Volume group ---
VG Name vg_Data
System ID
Format lvm2
Metadata Areas 1
Metadata Sequence No 6
VG Access read/write
VG Status resizable
MAX LV 0
Cur LV 1
Open LV 0
Max PV 0
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
VG Size 64.00 GiB
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 16383
Alloc PE / Size 10240 / 40.00 GiB
Free PE / Size 6143 / 24.00 GiB
VG UUID 1dmeo6-bFpk-VUVB-xtOQ-dnAe-aWVX-u48w6L
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
- LVM
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