vgchange

Change the activation status of all volume groups

$ sudo vgchange -a y|n

$ sudo vgchange -a y|n [volume_group]

vgchange [options] [volumegroup_...]

vgchange modifies the attributes of LVM volume groups. The most common use is activating or deactivating logical volumes within a volume group, which is necessary before the volumes can be mounted.
Volume group activation makes the logical volumes available to the system. Deactivation is required before physical volumes can be removed or the system can be safely shut down.

-a, --activate y|n|ay

Activate or deactivate logical volumes (y=yes, n=no, ay=auto-yes)

Change cluster attribute

Change resizeable attribute

Add a tag to the volume group

Delete a tag from the volume group

Refresh metadata for active volume group

Generate new UUID for the volume group

Requires root privileges. Deactivating a volume group with mounted filesystems will fail. Use vgscan to discover volume groups. Part of the LVM2 package.

lvm(8), vgcreate(8), vgdisplay(8), vgscan(8)