VGIMPORTCLONE
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: LVM TOOLS 2.02.66(2) (2010-05-20)
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NAME
vgimportclone - import and rename duplicated volume group (e.g. a hardware snapshot)
SYNOPSIS
vgimportclone
[-n|--basevgname VolumeGroupName]
[-i|--import]
PhysicalVolume [PhysicalVolume...]
DESCRIPTION
vgimportclone
is used to import a duplicated VG (e.g. hardware snapshot). Duplicate VG(s)
and PV(s) are not able to be used until they are made to coexist with
the origin VG(s) and PV(s).
vgimportclone
renames the VG associated with the specified PV(s) and changes the
associated VG and PV UUIDs.
OPTIONS
See lvm for common options.
- -n|--basevgname VolumeGroupName
-
By default the snapshot VG will be renamed to the original name plus a
numeric suffix to avoid duplicate naming (e.g. 'test_vg' would be renamed
to 'test_vg1'). This option will override the base VG name that is
used for all VG renames. If a VG already exists with the specified name
a numeric suffix will be added (like the previous example) to make it unique.
- -i|--import
-
Import exported Volume Groups. Otherwise VGs that have been exported
will not be changed (nor will their associated PVs).
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
- LVM_BINARY
-
The LVM2 binary to use.
Defaults to "lvm".
EXAMPLES
If origin VG
test_vg
has PVs
/dev/loop0 and /dev/loop1
and
/dev/loop2 and /dev/loop3
are respective snapshot PVs of the origin PVs.
To rename the VG
associated with
/dev/loop2 and /dev/loop3
from
test_vg
to
test_vg_snap
(and change associated VG and PV UUIDs):
vgimportclone --basevgname test_vg_snap /dev/loop2 /dev/loop3
SEE ALSO
lvm(8)
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- OPTIONS
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- ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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- EXAMPLES
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