3 .TH VGCFGBACKUP 8 "LVM TOOLS 2.02.44-cvs (02-17-09)" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
5 vgcfgbackup \- backup volume group descriptor area
8 .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
9 .RB [ \-f | \-\-file " filename" ]
10 .RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
11 .RB [ \-\-ignorelockingfailure ]
12 .RB [ \-P | \-\-partial ]
13 .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
14 .RI [ VolumeGroupName ...]
17 allows you to backup the metadata
18 of your volume groups.
19 If you don't name any volume groups on the command line, all of them
22 In a default installation, each volume group gets backed up into a separate
23 file bearing the name of the volume group in the directory /etc/lvm/backup.
24 You can write the backup to an alternative file using -f. In this case
25 if you are backing up more than one volume group the filename is
26 treated as a template, and %s gets replaced by the volume group name.
28 NB. This DOESN'T backup user/system data in logical
29 volume(s)! Backup /etc/lvm regularly too.
31 See \fBlvm\fP for common options.