NAME


vgcfgbackup - backup volume group descriptor area

SYNOPSIS


vgcfgbackup [-d|--debug] [-f|--file filename] [-h|--help] [--ignorelockingfailure] [-P|--partial] [-v|--verbose] [VolumeGroupName...]

DESCRIPTION


vgcfgbackup allows you to backup the metadata of your volume groups. If you don’t name any volume groups on the command line, all of them will be backed up.

In a default installation, each volume group gets backed up into a separate file bearing the name of the volume group in the directory /etc/lvm/backup. You can write the backup to an alternative file using -f. In this case if you are backing up more than one volume group the filename is treated as a template, and %s gets replaced by the volume group name.

NB. This DOESN’T backup user/system data in logical volume(s)! Backup /etc/lvm regularly too.

OPTIONS


See lvm for common options.

SEE ALSO


lvm(8), vgcfgrestore(8)

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