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