Why does "vgdisplay -A" show Volume Groups which are NOT active?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • vgdisplay -A does 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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