# vgscan > Scan for volume groups on all supported Logical Volume Manager (LVM) block devices. > See also `lvm`, `vgchange`. > More information: . - Scan for volume groups and print information about each group found: `sudo vgscan` - Scan for volume groups and add the special files in `/dev`, if they don't already exist, needed to access the logical volumes in the found groups : `sudo vgscan --mknodes`