/sbin/vgscan >/dev/null 

		/sbin/vgscan --ignorelockingfailure --mknodes -P >/dev/null 

			/sbin/vgchange -a y >/dev/null

			/sbin/vgchange --ignorelockingfailure -P -a y >/dev/null

if [ -x /sbin/vgchange ] && [ -f /etc/lvmtab -o -d /etc/lvm ] && \

if [ -x /sbin/vgchange ] && \

   [ -x /sbin/lvdisplay ] && \

   [ -x /sbin/vgdisplay ] && \

   [ -x /sbin/lvchange ] && \

   [ -f /etc/lvmtab -o -d /etc/lvm ] && \

	ebegin "Shutting down the Logical Volume Manager"

	einfo "Shutting down the Logical Volume Manager"

	/sbin/vgchange -a n >/dev/null

	# If these commands fail it is not currently an issue

	eend $? "Failed to shut LVM down"

	# as the system is going down anyway based on the current LVM 

	# functionality as described in this forum thread

	#https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2001-May/msg00523.html

	LOGICAL_VOLUMES=`lvdisplay |grep "LV Name"|awk '{print $3}'|sort|xargs echo`

	VOLUME_GROUPS=`vgdisplay |grep "VG Name"|awk '{print $3}'|sort|xargs echo`

	for x in ${LOGICAL_VOLUMES}

	do

		LV_IS_ACTIVE=`lvdisplay ${x}|grep "#"|awk '{print $3}'`

		if [ "${LV_IS_ACTIVE}" = 0 ]

		then

			ebegin "  Shutting Down logical volume: ${x} "

			lvchange -an --ignorelockingfailure -P ${x} >/dev/null

			eend $?

		fi

	done

	for x in ${VOLUME_GROUPS}

	do

		VG_HAS_ACTIVE_LV=`vgdisplay ${x}|grep "Open LV"|awk '{print $3}'|xargs echo`

		if [ "${VG_HAS_ACTIVE_LV}" = 0 ]

		then

			ebegin "  Shutting Down volume group: ${x} "

			vgchange -an --ignorelockingfailure -P ${x} >/dev/null

			eend

		fi

	done

	for x in ${LOGICAL_VOLUMES}

	do

		LV_IS_ACTIVE=`lvdisplay ${x}|grep "#"|awk '{print $3}'`

		if [ "${LV_IS_ACTIVE}" = 1 ]

		then

			ROOT_DEVICE=`mount|grep " / "|awk '{print $1}'`

			if [ ! ${ROOT_DEVICE} = ${x} ]

			then

				ewarn "  Unable to shutdown: ${x} "

			fi

		fi

	done

	einfo "Finished Shutting down the Logical Volume Manager"