diff --git a/man/lvchange.8 b/man/lvchange.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b5fe2c10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/lvchange.8
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+.TH LVCHANGE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+lvchange \- change attributes of a logical volume
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B lvchange
+[\-A/\-\-autobackup y/n] [\-a/\-\-available y/n]
+[\-C/\-\-contiguous y/n] [\-d/\-\-debug] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help]
+[\-p/\-\-permission r/w] [\-r/\-\-readahead ReadAheadSectors]
+[\-v/\-\-verbose] LogicalVolumePath [LogicalVolumePath...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+lvchange allows you to change the attributes of a logical volume.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.I \-A, \-\-autobackup y/n
+Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see
+.B vgcfgbackup(8)
+). Default is yes.
+.TP
+.I \-a, \-\-available y/n
+Controls the availability of the logical volumes for use.
+This is (among others) useful for changing the logical volume's name
+( see
+.B lvrename(8)
+) safely.
+.TP
+.I \-C, \-\-contiguous y/n
+Tries to set or resets the contiguous allocation policy for
+logical volumes. It's only possible to change a non-contiguous
+logical volume's allocation policy to contiguous, if all of the
+allocated physical extents are already contiguous.
+.TP
+.I \-p, \-\-permission r/w
+Change access permission to read-only or read/write.
+.TP
+.I \-r, \-\-readahead ReadAheadSectors
+Change read ahead sector count per logical between 2 and 120.
+.SH Examples
+"lvchange -x n /dev/vg00/lvol1" prevents the allocation of any physical
+extents on logical volume lvol1 in volume group vg00.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR lvcreate (8)
diff --git a/man/lvcreate.8 b/man/lvcreate.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da16d1702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/lvcreate.8
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+.TH LVCREATE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+lvcreate \- create a logical volume in an existing volume group
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B lvcreate
+[\-A/\-\-autobackup y/n] [\-C/\-\-contiguous y/n] [\-d/\-\-debug]
+[\-h/\-?/\-\-help]
+[\-i/\-\-stripes Stripes [\-I/\-\-stripesize StripeSize]]
+{\-l/\-\-extents LogicalExtentsNumber |
+ \-L/\-\-size LogicalVolumeSize[kKmMgGtT]}
+[\-n/\-\-name LogicalVolumeName]
+[\-p/\-\-permission r/rw] [\-r/\-\-readahead ReadAheadSectors]
+[\-v/\-\-verbose] [\-Z/\-\-zero y/n]
+VolumeGroupName [PhysicalVolumePath...]
+.br
+
+.br
+.B lvcreate
+{\-l/\-\-extents LogicalExtentsNumber |
+ \-L/\-\-size LogicalVolumeSize[kKmMgGtT]}
+[\-c/\-\-chunksize ChunkSize]
+\-s/\-\-snapshot \-n/\-\-name SnapshotLogicalVolumeName OriginalLogicalVolumePath
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+lvcreate creates a new logical volume in a volume group ( see
+.B vgcreate(8), vgchange(8)
+) by allocating logical extents from the free physical extent pool
+of that volume group.  If there are not enough free physical extents then
+the volume group can be extended ( see
+.B vgextend(8)
+) with other physical volumes or by reducing existing logical volumes
+of this volume group in size ( see
+.B lvreduce(8), e2fsadm(8)
+).
+.br
+The second form supports the creation of snapshot logical volumes which 
+keep the contents of the original logical volume for backup purposes.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.I \-A, \-\-autobackup y/n
+Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see
+.B vgcfgbackup(8)
+).
+.br
+Default is yes.
+.TP
+.I \-c, \-\-chunksize ChunkSize
+Power of 2 chunk size for the snapshot logical volume between 4k and 1024k.
+.TP
+.I \-C, \-\-contiguous y/n
+Sets or resets the contiguous allocation policy for
+logical volumes. Default is no contiguous allocation based
+on a next free principle.
+.TP
+.I \-i, \-\-stripes Stripes
+Gives the number of stripes.
+This is equal to the number of physical volumes to scatter
+the logical volume.
+.TP
+.I \-I, \-\-stripesize StripeSize
+Gives the number of kilobytes for the granularity of the stripes.
+.br
+StripeSize must be 2^n (n = 2 to 9)
+.TP
+.I \-l, \-\-extents LogicalExtentsNumber
+Gives the number of logical extents to allocate for the new
+logical volume.
+.TP
+.I \-L, \-\-size LogicalVolumeSize[kKmMgGtT]
+Gives the size to allocate for the new logical volume.
+A size suffix of K for kilobytes, M for megabytes,
+G for gigabytes or T for terabytes is optional.
+.br
+Default unit is megabytes.
+.TP
+.I \-n, \-\-name LogicalVolumeName
+The name for the new logical volume.
+.br
+Without this option a default names of "lvol#" will be generated where
+# is the LVM internal number of the logical volume.
+.TP
+.I \-p, \-\-permission r/w
+Set access permissions to read only or read and write.
+.br
+Default is read and write.
+.TP
+.I \-r, \-\-readahead ReadAheadSectors
+Set read ahead sector count of this logical volume to a value between 2 and 120.
+.TP
+.I \-s, \-\-snapshot
+Create a snapshot logical volume (or snapshot) for an existing, so called
+original logical volume (or origin).
+Snapshots provide a 'frozen image' of the contents of the origin
+while the origin can still be updated. They enable consistent
+backups and online recovery of removed/overwritten data/files. The snapshot
+does not need the same amount of storage the origin has. In a typical scenario,
+15-20% might be enough. In case the snapshot runs out of storage, use
+.B lvextend(8)
+to grow it. Shrinking a snapshot is supported by
+.B lvreduce(8)
+as well. Run
+.B lvdisplay(8)
+on the snapshot in order to check how much data is allocated to it.
+.TP
+.I \-Z, \-\-zero y/n
+Controls zeroing of the first KB of data in the new logical volume.
+.br
+Default is yes.
+
+.br
+Warning: trying to mount an unzeroed logical volume can cause the system to
+hang.
+.SH Examples
+"lvcreate -i 3 -I 8 -L 100 vg00" tries to create a striped logical
+volume with 3 stripes, a stripesize of 8KB and a size of 100MB in the volume
+group named vg00. The logical volume name will be chosen by lvcreate.
+
+"lvcreate --size 100m --snapshot --name snap /dev/vg00/lvol1"
+.br
+creates a snapshot logical volume named /dev/vg00/snap which has access to the
+contents of the original logical volume named /dev/vg00/lvol1
+at snapshot logical volume creation time. If the original logical volume
+contains a file system, you can mount the snapshot logical volume on an
+arbitrary directory in order to access the contents of the filesystem to run
+a backup while the original filesystem is updated.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR vgcreate (8), 
+.BR lvremove (8), 
+.BR lvrename (8)
+.BR lvextend (8), 
+.BR lvreduce (8), 
+.BR lvdisplay (8), 
+.BR lvscan (8)
diff --git a/man/lvdisplay.8 b/man/lvdisplay.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a9f68af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/lvdisplay.8
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+.TH LVDISPLAY 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+lvdisplay \- display attributes of a logical volume
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B lvdisplay
+[\-c/\-\-colon] [\-d/\-\-debug] [\-D/\-\-disk] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help]
+[\-v[v]/\-\-verbose] LogicalVolumePath [LogicalVolumePath...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+lvdisplay allows you to see the attributes of a logical volume
+like size, read/write status, snapshot information etc.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.I \-c, \-\-colon
+Generate colon seperated output for easier parsing in scripts or programs.
+.nf
+
+The values are:
+
+* logical volume name
+* volume group name
+* logical volume access
+* logical volume status
+* internal logical volume number
+* open count of logical volume
+* logical volume size in kilobytes
+* current logical extents associated to logical volume
+* allocated logical extents of logical volume
+* allocation policy of logical volume
+* read ahead sectors of logical volume
+* major device number of logical volume
+* minor device number of logical volume
+
+.fi
+.TP
+.I \-D, \-\-disk
+Show attributes of the volume group descriptor array on disk(s).
+Without this switch they are derived from kernel space.
+Useful, if the volume group isn't active.
+.TP
+.I \-m, \-\-maps
+Display the mapping of logical extents to physical volumes and
+physical extents.
+.SH Examples
+"lvdisplay -v /dev/vg00/lvol2" shows attributes of that logical volume
+and its mapping of logical to physical extents. In case snapshot
+logical volumes have been created for this original logical volume,
+this command shows a list of all snapshot logical volumes and their
+status (active or inactive) as well.
+
+"lvdisplay /dev/vg00/snapshot" shows the attributes of this snapshot
+logical volume and also which original logical volume
+it is associated with.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR lvcreate (8), 
+.BR lvscan (8)
diff --git a/man/lvextend.8 b/man/lvextend.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98c379be4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/lvextend.8
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+.TH LVEXTEND 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+lvextend \- extend the size of a logical volume
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B lvextend
+[\-A/\-\-autobackup y/n] [\-d/\-\-debug] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help]
+{\-l/\-\-extents [+]LogicalExtentsNumber |
+\-L/\-\-size [+]LogicalVolumeSize[kKmMgGtT]}
+[\-v/\-\-verbose] LogicalVolumePath [PhysicalVolumePath...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+lvextend allows you to extend the size of a logical volume.
+Extension of snapshot logical volumes (see
+.B lvcreate(8)
+for information to create snapshots) is supprted as well.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.I \-A, \-\-autobackup y/n
+Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see
+.B vgcfgbackup(8)
+). Default is yes.
+.TP
+.I \-l, \-\-extents [+]LogicalExtentsNumber
+Extend or set the logical volume size in units of logical extents.
+With the + sign the value is added to the actual size
+of the logical volume and without it, the value is taken as an absolute one.
+.TP
+.I \-L, \-\-size [+]LogicalVolumeSize[kKmMgGtT]
+Extend or set the logical volume size in units in units of megabytes.
+A size suffix of M for megabytes, G for gigabytes or T for terabytes is
+optional.  With the + sign the value is added to the actual size
+of the logical volume and without it, the value is taken as an absolute one.
+.SH Examples
+"lvextend -L +54 /dev/vg01/lvol10 /dev/sdk3" tries to extend the size of
+that logical volume by 54MB on physical volume /dev/sdk3.
+This is only possible if /dev/sdk3 is a member of volume group vg01 and
+there are enough free physical extents in it.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR lvcreate (8), 
+.BR lvreduce (8), 
+.BR lvchange (8)
diff --git a/man/lvm.8 b/man/lvm.8
index 2c3079f1b..055b73a1f 100644
--- a/man/lvm.8
+++ b/man/lvm.8
@@ -25,6 +25,26 @@ A file containing a simple script with one command per line
 can also be given on the command line.  The script can also be
 executed directly if the first line is #! followed by the absolute
 path of \fBlvm\fP.
+.SH OPTIONS
+The following options can be used with every command and are not documented
+on individual manual pages.
+.TP
+\fB-h | --help\fP \(em Display the help text.
+.TP
+\fB--version\fP \(em Display the version.
+Not implemented yet.
+.TP
+\fB-v | --verbose\fP \(em Set verbose level.
+Repeat from 1 to 3 times to determine the detail of messages 
+sent to stdout and stderr.  Overrides config file setting.
+.TP
+\fB-d | --debug\fP \(em Set debug level.
+Repeat from 1 to 6 times to determine the detail of messages sent 
+to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).
+Overrides config file setting.
+.TP
+\fB--quiet\fP \(em Suppress output and log messages.
+Overrides -d and -v.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 .TP
 \fBLVM_SYSTEM_DIR\fP 
@@ -45,37 +65,38 @@ Defaults to "yes".
 The volume group name that is assumed for 
 any reference to a logical volume that doesn't specify a path.
 Not set by default.
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+All tools return a status code of zero on success or non-zero on failure.
 .SH FILES
 .I /etc/lvm/lvm.conf
 .br
 .I $HOME/.lvm_history
-.fi
 .SH SEE ALSO
-.BR lvchange (1),
-.BR lvcreate (1),
-.BR lvdisplay (1),
-.BR lvextend (1),
-.BR lvmchange (1),
-.BR lvreduce (1),
-.BR lvremove (1),
-.BR lvrename (1),
-.BR lvresize (1),
-.BR lvscan (1),
-.BR pvchange (1),
-.BR pvcreate (1),
-.BR pvdisplay (1),
-.BR pvscan (1),
-.BR vgcfgbackup (1),
-.BR vgchange  (1),
-.BR vgck (1),
-.BR vgcreate (1),
-.BR vgdisplay (1),
-.BR vgextend (1),
-.BR vgmerge (1),
-.BR vgreduce (1),
-.BR vgremove (1),
-.BR vgrename (1),
-.BR vgscan (1),
+.BR lvchange (8),
+.BR lvcreate (8),
+.BR lvdisplay (8),
+.BR lvextend (8),
+.BR lvmchange (8),
+.BR lvreduce (8),
+.BR lvremove (8),
+.BR lvrename (8),
+.BR lvresize (8),
+.BR lvscan (8),
+.BR pvchange (8),
+.BR pvcreate (8),
+.BR pvdisplay (8),
+.BR pvscan (8),
+.BR vgcfgbackup (8),
+.BR vgchange  (8),
+.BR vgck (8),
+.BR vgcreate (8),
+.BR vgdisplay (8),
+.BR vgextend (8),
+.BR vgmerge (8),
+.BR vgreduce (8),
+.BR vgremove (8),
+.BR vgrename (8),
+.BR vgscan (8),
 .BR readline (3),
 .BR lvm.conf (5)
 
diff --git a/man/lvm.conf.5 b/man/lvm.conf.5
index 12ac38a3a..6bd2726ba 100644
--- a/man/lvm.conf.5
+++ b/man/lvm.conf.5
@@ -130,6 +130,5 @@ metadata.  Default is 1 (automatic backups enabled).  Set to 0 to disable.
 .I /etc/lvm/lvm.conf
 .br
 .I $HOME/.lvm_history
-.fi
 .SH SEE ALSO
-.BR lvm(8)
+.BR lvm (8)
diff --git a/man/lvmchange.8 b/man/lvmchange.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bc3a72ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/lvmchange.8
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.TH LVMCHANGE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+lvmchange \- change attributes of the logical volume manager
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B lvmchange
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+lvmchange is not currently supported under LVM2
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR dmsetup (8)
diff --git a/man/lvreduce.8 b/man/lvreduce.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc288f377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/lvreduce.8
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+.TH LVREDUCE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+lvreduce \- reduce the size of a logical volume
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B lvreduce
+[\-A/\-\-autobackup y/n] [\-d/\-\-debug] [\-f/\-\-force]
+[\-h/\-?/\-\-help] {\-l/\-\-extents [\-]LogicalExtentsNumber |
+\-L/\-\-size [\-]LogicalVolumeSize[kKmMgGtT]}
+[\-v/\-\-verbose] LogicalVolumePath
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+lvreduce allows you to reduce the size of a logical volume.
+Be careful when reducing a logical volume's size, because data in the
+reduced part is lost!!! 
+.br 
+You should therefore ensure that the (eg) filesystem on the volume is 
+resized
+.i before
+running lvreduce so that the extents that are to be removed are not in use.
+If the filesystem is ext2 then you can use the 
+.B e2fsadm(8)
+command to both resize the filesystem and the logical volume together.
+.br.
+Shrinking snapshot logical volumes (see
+.B lvcreate(8)
+for information to create snapshots) is supported as well.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.I \-A, \-\-autobackup y/n
+Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see
+.B vgcfgbackup(8)
+). Default is yes.
+.TP
+.I \-f, \-\-force
+Force size reduction without any question.
+.TP
+.I \-l, \-\-extents [\-]LogicalExtentsNumber
+Reduce or set the logical volume size in units of logical extents.
+With the - sign the value will be subtracted from
+the logical volume's actual size and without it the will be taken as
+an absolute size.
+.TP
+.I \-L, \-\-size [\-]LogicalVolumeSize[kKmMgGtT]
+Reduce or set the logical volume size in units of megabyte by default.
+A size suffix of k for kilobyte, m for megabyte, g for gigabyte or
+t for terabyte is optional.
+With the - sign the value will be subtracted from
+the logical volume's actual size and without it the will be taken as
+an absolute size.
+.SH Example
+"lvreduce -l -3 /dev/vg00/lvol1" reduces the size of logical volume lvol1
+in volume group vg00 by 3 logical extents.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR lvcreate (8), 
+.BR lvextend (8), 
+.BR lvchange (8)
diff --git a/man/lvremove.8 b/man/lvremove.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e89c92b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/lvremove.8
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+.TH LVREMOVE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+lvremove \- remove a logical volume
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B lvremove
+[\-A/\-\-autobackup y/n] [\-d/\-\-debug] [\-f/\-\-force]
+[\-h/\-?/\-\-help] [\-v/\-\-verbose] LogicalVolumePath [LogicalVolumePath...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+lvremove allows you to remove one or more inactive logical volumes.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.I \-A, \-\-autobackup y/n
+Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see
+.B vgcfgbackup(8)
+). Default is yes.
+.TP
+.I \-f, \-\-force
+Force remove without confirmation.
+.SH Example
+"lvremove -f /dev/vg00/lvol1" removes that inactive logical volume
+unconditionally.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR lvcreate (8), 
+.BR lvdisplay (8), 
+.BR lvscan (8)
diff --git a/man/lvrename.8 b/man/lvrename.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..470414132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/lvrename.8
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+.TH LVRENAME 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+lvrename \- rename a logical volume
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B lvrename
+.RB [ \-A | \-\-autobackup " {" y | n }]
+.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
+.RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
+.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
+.RB [ \-\-version ]
+.TP
+.IR "OldLogicalVolumePath NewLogicalVolume" { Path | Name }
+.TP
+.I VolumeGroupName OldLogicalVolumeName NewLogicalVolumeName
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B lvrename
+renames an existing logical volume from
+.IR OldLogicalVolume { Name | Path }
+to
+.IR NewLogicalVolume { Name | Path }.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.BR \-A ", " \-\-autobackup " {" y | n }
+Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change (see
+.BR vgcfgbackup (8)).
+Default is yes.
+.SH EXAMPLE
+To rename
+.B lvold
+in volume group
+.B vg02
+to
+.BR lvnew :
+.nf
+
+\	lvrename /dev/vg02/lvold /dev/vg02/lvnew
+
+.fi
+An alternate syntax to rename this logical volume is
+.nf
+
+\	lvrename vg02 lvold lvnew
+
+.fi
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR lvchange (8),
+.BR vgcreate (8), 
+.BR vgrename (8)
diff --git a/man/lvscan.8 b/man/lvscan.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39859551b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/lvscan.8
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+.TH LVSCAN 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+lvscan \- scan (all disks) for logical volumes
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B lvscan
+.RB [ \-b | \-\-blockdevice ]
+.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
+.RB [ \-D | \-\-disk ]
+.RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
+.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 \-b ", " \-\-blockdevice
+Adds the device major and minor numbers to the display
+of each logical volume.
+.TP
+.BR \-D ", " \-\-disk
+Scan for logical volumes on disk(s) instead of getting the information
+from the kernel.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR lvcreate (8),
+.BR lvdisplay (8)
diff --git a/man/pvchange.8 b/man/pvchange.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bf4061a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/pvchange.8
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+.TH PVCHANGE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+pvchange \- change attributes of a physical volume
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B pvchange
+[\-A/\-\-autobackup y/n] [\-d/\-\-debug] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help]
+[\-v/\-\-verbose] [\-a/\-\-all] [\-x/\-\-allocation y/n] [PhysicalVolumePath...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+pvchange allows you to change the allocation permissions of one or
+more physical volumes.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.I \-A, \-\-autobackup y/n
+Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see
+.B vgcfgbackup(8)
+). Default is yes.
+.TP
+.I \-a, \-\-all
+If PhysicalVolumePath is not specified on the command line all
+physical volumes are searched for and used.
+.TP
+.I \-x, \-\-allocation y/n
+Enable or disable allocation of physical extents on this physical volume.
+.SH Example
+"pvchange -x n /dev/sdk1" disallows the allocation of physical extents
+on this physical volume (possibly because of disk errors, or because it will
+be removed after freeing it.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR pvcreate (8)
diff --git a/man/pvcreate.8 b/man/pvcreate.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0078e09fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/pvcreate.8
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+.TH PVCREATE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+pvcreate \- initialize a disk or partition for use by LVM
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B pvcreate
+.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
+.RB [ \-f [ f ]| \-\-force " [" \-\-force ]]
+.RB [ \-y | \-\-yes ]
+.RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
+.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
+.RB [ \-V | \-\-version ]
+.IR PhysicalVolume " [" PhysicalVolume ...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B pvcreate
+initializes
+.I PhysicalVolume
+for later use by the Logical Volume Manager (LVM).  Each
+.I PhysicalVolume
+can be a disk partition, whole disk, meta device, or loopback file.
+For DOS disk partitions, the partition id must be set to 0x8e using
+.BR fdisk "(8), " cfdisk "(8), "
+or a equivalent.  For
+.B whole disk devices only
+the partition table must be erased, which will effectively destroy all
+data on that disk.  This can be done by zeroing the first sector with:
+.sp
+.BI "dd if=/dev/zero of=" PhysicalVolume " bs=512 count=1"
+.sp
+Continue with
+.BR vgcreate (8)
+to create a new volume group on
+.IR PhysicalVolume ,
+or
+.BR vgextend (8)
+to add
+.I PhysicalVolume
+to an existing volume group.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.BR \-f ", " \-\-force
+Force the creation without any confirmation.  You can not recreate
+(reinitialize) a physical volume belonging to an existing volume group.
+In an emergency you can override this behaviour with -ff.  In no case
+case can you initialize an active physical volume with this command.
+.TP
+.BR \-y ", " \-\-yes
+Answer yes to all questions.
+.SH Example
+Initialize partition #4 on the third SCSI disk and the entire fifth
+SCSI disk for later use by LVM:
+.sp
+.B pvcreate /dev/sdc4 /dev/sde
+.sp
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm "(8), " vgcreate "(8), " vgextend "(8), " lvcreate "(8), "
+.BR cfdisk "(8), " fdisk "(8), " losetup "(8), " mdadd "(8)"
diff --git a/man/pvdisplay.8 b/man/pvdisplay.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..840a4f9aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/pvdisplay.8
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+.TH PVDISPLAY 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+pvdisplay \- display attributes of a physical volume
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B pvdisplay
+[\-c/\-\-colon] [\-d/\-\-debug] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help] [\-s/\-\-short]
+[\-v[v]/\-\-verbose [\-\-verbose]]
+PhysicalVolumePath [PhysicalVolumePath...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+pvdisplay allows you to see the attributes of one or more physical volumes
+like size, physical extent size, space used for the volume group descriptor
+area and so on.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.I \-c, \-\-colon
+Generate colon seperated output for easier parsing in scripts or programs.
+.nf
+
+The values are:
+
+* physical volume device name
+* volume group name
+* physical volume size in kilobytes
+* internal physical volume number
+* physical volume status
+* physical volume (not) allocatable
+* current number of logical volumes on this physical volume
+* physical extent size in kilobytes
+* total number of physical extents
+* free number of physical extents
+* allocated number of physical extents
+
+.fi
+.TP
+.I \-s, \-\-short
+Only display the size of the given physical volumes.
+.TP
+.I \-m, \-\-maps
+Display the mapping of physical extents to logical volumes and
+logical extents.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR pvcreate (8), 
+.BR lvcreate (8), 
+.BR vgcreate (8)
diff --git a/man/pvscan.8 b/man/pvscan.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..747368572
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+++ b/man/pvscan.8
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+.TH PVSCAN 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+pvscan \- scan all disks for physical volumes
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B pvscan
+.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug]
+.RB [\-e | \-\-exported]
+.RB [\-h | \-\-help]
+.RB [ \-n | \-\-novolumegroup]
+.RB [\-s | \-\-short]
+.RB [\-u | \-\-uuid]
+.RB [ \-v [ v ]| \-\-verbose " [" \-\-verbose ]]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B pvscan
+scans all supported LVM block devices in the system for physical volumes.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.BR \-e ", " \-\-exported
+Only show physical volumes belonging to exported volume groups.
+.TP
+.BR \-n ", " \-\-novolumegroup
+Only show physical volumes not belonging to any volume group.
+.TP
+.BR \-s ", " \-\-short
+Short listing format.
+.TP
+.BR \-u ", " \-\-uuid
+Show UUIDs (Unifrom Unique Identifiers) in addition to device special names.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8),
+.BR pvcreate (8),
+.BR pvdisplay (8)
diff --git a/man/vgcfgbackup.8 b/man/vgcfgbackup.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6b340fe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/vgcfgbackup.8
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+.TH VGCFGBACKUP 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+vgcfgbackup \- backup volume group descriptor area
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B vgcfgbackup
+.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
+.RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
+.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
+.RI [ VolumeGroupName ...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B vgcfgbackup
+allows you to backup the metadata 
+of one to all volume groups to files in
+.IR /etc/lvm .
+If you don't give any volume groups in the command line, all of them 
+will be backed up.  This DOESN'T backup user/system data in logical
+volume(s)! 
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8),
+.BR vgcreate (8)
diff --git a/man/vgchange.8 b/man/vgchange.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3081ace10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/vgchange.8
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+.TH VGCHANGE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+vgchange \- change attributes of a volume group
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B vgchange
+.RB [ \-A | \-\-autobackup " {" y | n }]
+.RB [\-a | \-\-available " {" y | n }]
+.RB [\-d | \-\-debug]
+.RB [ \-h | \-\-help]
+.RB [\-l | \-\-logicalvolume
+.IR MaxLogicalVolumes ]
+.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
+.RB [ \-\-version ]
+.RB [\-x | \-\-allocation " {" y | n }]
+.RI [ VolumeGroupName ...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B vgchange
+allows you to change the attributes of one or more volume groups.
+Its main purpose is to activate and deactivate
+.IR VolumeGroupName ,
+or all volume groups if none is specified.  Only active volume groups
+are subject to changes and allow access to their logical volumes.
+During volume group activation, if
+.B vgchange
+recognizes snapshot logical volumes which were dropped because they ran
+out of space, it displays a message informing the administrator that such
+snapshots should be removed (see
+.BR lvremove (8)).
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.BR \-A ", " \-\-autobackup { y | n }
+Controls automatic backup of metadata after the change.  See
+.B vgcfgbackup (8).
+Default is yes.
+.TP
+.BR \-a ", " \-\-available { y | n }
+Controls the availability of the volume group for input/output.
+In other words: makes a volume group known/unknown to the kernel.
+.TP
+.BR \-l ", " \-\-logicalvolume " " \fIMaxLogicalVolumes\fR
+Changes the maximum logical volume number of an existing inactive
+volume group.
+.TP
+.BR \-x ", " \-\-allocation { y | n }
+Enables or disables the extension/reduction of this volume group
+with/by physical volumes.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+To activate all known volume groups in the system:
+.nf
+
+\	vgchange -a y
+
+.fi
+To change the maximum number of logical volumes of inactive volume group
+.B vg00
+to 128.
+.nf
+
+\	vgchange -l 128 /dev/vg00
+
+.fi
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8),
+.BR vgcreate (8)
diff --git a/man/vgck.8 b/man/vgck.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5f388f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/vgck.8
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.TH VGCK 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+vgck \- check volume group metadata
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B vgck
+[\-d/\-\-debug] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help] [\-v/\-\-verbose] [VolumeGroupName...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+vgck checks LVM metadata for each named volume group for consistency.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR vgcreate (8), 
+.BR vgchange (8), 
+.BR vgscan (8)
diff --git a/man/vgcreate.8 b/man/vgcreate.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01241ea7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/vgcreate.8
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+.TH VGCREATE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+vgcreate \- create a volume group
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B vgcreate
+.RB [ \-A | \-\-autobackup " {" y | n }]
+.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
+.RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
+.RB [ \-l | \-\-maxlogicalvolumes
+.IR MaxLogicalVolumes ]
+.RB [ -p | \-\-maxphysicalvolumes
+.IR MaxPhysicalVolumes ]
+.RB [ \-s | \-\-physicalextentsize
+.IR PhysicalExtentSize [ \fBkKmMgGtT\fR ]]
+.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
+.RB [ \-\-version ]
+.I VolumeGroupName PhysicalVolumePath
+.RI [ PhysicalVolumePath ...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B vgcreate
+creates a new volume group called
+.I VolumeGroupName
+using the block special device
+.IR PhysicalVolumePath
+previously configured for LVM with
+.BR pvcreate (8).
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.BR \-A ", " \-\-autobackup " {" y | n }
+Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change (see
+.BR vgcfgbackup (8)).
+Default is yes.
+.TP
+.BR \-l ", " \-\-maxlogicalvolumes " " \fIMaxLogicalVolumes\fR
+Sets the maximum possible logical volume count.
+More logical volumes can't be created in this volume group.
+Absolute maximum is 256.
+.TP
+.BR \-p ", " \-\-maxphysicalvolumes " " \fIMaxPhysicalVolumes\fR
+Sets the maximum possible physical volume count.
+More physical volumes can't be included in this volume group.
+Absolute maximum is 256.
+.TP
+.BR \-s ", " \-\-physicalextentsize " " \fIPhysicalExtentSize\fR[\fBkKmMgGtT\fR]
+Sets the physical extent size on physical volumes of this volume group.
+A size suffix (k for kilobytes up to t for terabytes) is optional, megabytes
+is the default if no suffix is present.  Values can be from 8 KB to 16 GB in
+powers of 2. The default of 4 MB causes maximum LV sizes of ~256GB because as
+many as ~64k extents are supported per LV. In case larger maximum LV sizes are
+needed (later), you need to set the PE size to a larger value as well. Later
+changes of the PE size in an existing VG are not supported.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+To create a volume group named
+.B test_vg 
+using physical volumes
+.BR /dev/hdk1 ", " /dev/hdl1 ", and " /dev/hdm1
+with default physical extent size of 4MB:
+.nf
+
+\	vgcreate test_vg /dev/sd[k-m]1
+
+.fi
+To limit kernel memory usage, there is a limit of 65536 physical extents
+(PE) per logical volume, so the PE size determines the maximum logical volume
+size.  The default PE size of 4MB limits a single logical volume to 256GB (see
+the -s option to raise that limit).
+There is also (as of Linux 2.4) a kernel limitation of 2TB per block device.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8),
+.BR pvdisplay (8),
+.BR pvcreate (8),
+.BR vgdisplay (8),
+.BR vgextend (8),
+.BR vgreduce (8),
+.BR lvcreate (8),
+.BR lvdisplay (8),
+.BR lvextend (8),
+.BR lvreduce (8)
diff --git a/man/vgdisplay.8 b/man/vgdisplay.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4849408f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/vgdisplay.8
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+.TH VGDISPLAY 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+vgdisplay \- display attributes of volume groups
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B vgdisplay
+.RB [ \-A | \-\-activevolumegroups ]
+.RB [ \-c | \-\-colon ]
+.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
+.RB [ \-D | \-\-disk ]
+.RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
+.RB [ \-s | \-\-short ]
+.RB [ \-v [ v ]| \-\-verbose " [" \-\-verbose ]]
+.RB [ \-\-version ]
+.RI [ VolumeGroupName ...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B vgdisplay
+allows you to see the attributes of
+.I VolumeGroupName
+(or all volume groups if none is given) with it's physical and logical
+volumes and their sizes etc.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.BR \-A ", " \-\-activevolumegroups
+Only select the active volume groups.
+.TP
+.BR \-c ", " \-\-colon
+Generate colon seperated output for easier parsing in scripts or programs.
+.nf
+
+The values are:
+
+1  volume group name
+2  volume group access
+3  volume group status
+4  internal volume group number
+5  maximum number of logical volumes
+6  current number of logical volumes
+7  open count of all logical volumes in this volume group
+8  maximum logical volume size
+9  maximum number of physical volumes
+10 current number of physical volumes
+11 actual number of physical volumes
+12 size of volume group in kilobytes
+13 physical extent size
+14 total number of physical extents for this volume group
+15 allocated number of physical extents for this volume group
+16 free number of physical extents for this volume group
+17 uuid of volume group
+
+.fi
+.TP
+.BR \-D ", " \-\-disk
+Show attributes from the volume group descriptor area on disk(s).
+Without this switch they are shown from the kernel.
+Useful if the volume group isn't activated.
+.TP
+.BR \-s ", " \-\-short
+Give a short listing showing the existence of volume groups.
+.TP
+.BR \-v ", " \-\-verbose
+Display verbose information containing long listings of physical
+and logical volumes.  If given twice, also display verbose runtime
+information of vgdisplay's activities.
+.TP
+.BR \-\-version
+Display version and exit successfully.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8),
+.BR pvcreate (8),
+.BR vgcreate (8),
+.BR lvcreate (8)
diff --git a/man/vgextend.8 b/man/vgextend.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd81503ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/vgextend.8
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+.TH VGEXTEND 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+vgextend \- add physical volumes to a volume group
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B vgextend
+[\-A/\-\-autobackup y/n] [\-d/\-\-debug] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help] [\-v/\-\-verbose]
+VolumeGroupName PhysicalDevicePath [PhysicalDevicePath...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+vgextend allows you to add one or more initialized physical volumes ( see
+.B pvcreate(8)
+) to an existing volume group to extend it in size.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.I \-A, \-\-autobackup y/n
+Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see
+.B vgcfgbackup(8)
+). Default is yes.
+.SH Examples
+"vgextend vg00 /dev/sda4 /dev/sdn1" tries to extend the existing volume
+group "vg00" by the new physical volumes (see
+.B pvcreate(8)
+) "/dev/sdn1" and /dev/sda4".
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR vgcreate (8), 
+.BR vgreduce (8), 
+.BR pvcreate (8)
diff --git a/man/vgmerge.8 b/man/vgmerge.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12c27934b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/vgmerge.8
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+.TH VGMERGE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+vgmerge \- merge two volume groups
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B vgmerge
+[\-A/\-\-autobackup y/n] [\-d/\-\-debug] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help] [\-l/\-\-list]
+[\-t/\-\-test] [\-v/\-\-verbose] DestinationVolumeGroupName
+SourceVolumeGroupName
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+vgmerge merges two existing volume groups. The inactive SourceVolumeGroupName
+will be merged into the DestinationVolumeGroupName if physical extent sizes
+are equal and physical and logical volume summaries of both volume groups
+fit into DestinationVolumeGroupName's limits.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.I \-A, \-\-autobackup y/n
+Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the merge ( see
+.B vgcfgbackup(8)
+). Default is yes.
+.I \-l, \-\-list
+Display merged DestinationVolumeGroupName like "vgdisplay -v".
+.TP 
+.I \-t, \-\-test
+Do a test run WITHOUT making any real changes.
+.SH Examples
+"vgmerge -v databases my_vg" merges the inactive volume group named "my_vg" 
+into the active or inactive volume group named "databases" giving verbose
+runtime information.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR vgcreate (8), 
+.BR vgextend (8), 
+.BR vgreduce (8)
diff --git a/man/vgreduce.8 b/man/vgreduce.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d81ea9885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/vgreduce.8
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+.TH VGREDUCE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+vgreduce \- reduce a volume group
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B vgreduce
+[\-a/\-\-all] [\-A/\-\-autobackup y/n] [\-d/\-\-debug] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help]
+[\-v/\-\-verbose] VolumeGroupName
+[PhysicalVolumePath...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+vgreduce allows you to remove one or more unused physical volumes
+from a volume group.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.I \-a, \-\-all
+Removes all empty physical volumes if none are given on command line.
+.TP
+.I \-A, \-\-autobackup y/n
+Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see
+.B vgcfgbackup(8)
+). Default is yes.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR vgextend (8)
diff --git a/man/vgremove.8 b/man/vgremove.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a193102d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/vgremove.8
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.TH VGREMOVE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+vgremove \- remove a volume group
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B vgremove
+[\-d/\-\-debug] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help] [\-v/\-\-verbose]
+VolumeGroupName [VolumeGroupName...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+vgremove allows you to remove one or more volume groups.
+The volume group(s) must not have any logical volumes allocated
+and must also be inactive (see
+.B vgchange(8)
+).
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR vgcreate (8), 
+.BR vgreduce (8)
diff --git a/man/vgrename.8 b/man/vgrename.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..328703040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/vgrename.8
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+.TH VGRENAME 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+vgrename \- rename a volume group
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B vgrename
+[\-A/\-\-autobackup y/n]
+[\-d/\-\-debug]
+[\-h/\-?/\-\-help]
+[\-v/\-\-verbose]
+OldVolumeGroupPath/\-Name NewVolumeGroupPath/\-Name
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+vgrename renames an existing (see
+.B vgcreate(8)
+) volume group.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.TP
+.I \-A, \-\-autobackup y/n
+Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see
+.B vgcfgbackup(8)
+). Default is yes.
+.SH Examples
+"vgrename /dev/vg02 /dev/my_volume_group" renames existing
+volume group "vg02" to "my_volume_group".
+.TP
+"vgrename vg02 my_volume_group" does the same.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR vgchange (8), 
+.BR vgcreate (8), 
+.BR lvrename (8)
diff --git a/man/vgscan.8 b/man/vgscan.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1715c0d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/vgscan.8
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+.TH VGSCAN 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+vgscan \- scan all disks for volume groups and rebuild caches
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B vgscan
+[\-d/\-\-debug] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help] [\-v/\-\-verbose]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+vgscan scans all SCSI, (E)IDE disks, multiple devices and a bunch
+of other disk devices in the system looking for LVM physical volumes
+and volume groups.  Define a filter in \fBlvm.conf\fP(8) to restrict 
+the scan to avoid a CD ROM, for example.
+.LP
+In LVM2, vgscans take place automatically; but you might still need to
+run one explicitly after changing hardware or filters.
+.SH OPTIONS
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8), 
+.BR vgcreate (8), 
+.BR vgchange (8)