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+.TH LVSCAN 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+lvscan \- scan (all disks) for logical volumes
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B lvscan
+.RB [ \-a | \-\-all]
+.RB [ \-b | \-\-blockdevice ]
+.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
+.RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
+.RB [ \-\-ignorelockingfailure ]
+.RB [ \-P | \-\-partial ]
+.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B lvscan
+scans all known volume groups or all supported LVM block devices
+in the system for defined logical volumes.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.BR \-\-all
+Include information in the output about internal Logical Volumes that
+are components of normally-accessible Logical Volumes, such as mirrors,
+but which are not independently accessible (e.g. not mountable).
+For example, after creating a mirror using 'lvcreate -m1 --mirrorlog disk',
+this option will reveal three internal Logical Volumes, with suffixes
+mimage_0, mimage_1, and mlog.
+.TP
+.BR \-b ", " \-\-blockdevice
+Adds the device major and minor numbers to the display
+of each logical volume.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR lvcreate (8),
+.BR lvdisplay (8)