3 .TH VGIMPORTCLONE 8 "LVM TOOLS 2.02.56(1)-cvs (12-01-09)" "Red Hat, Inc." \" -*- nroff -*-
5 vgimportclone \- import and rename duplicated volume group (e.g. a hardware snapshot)
8 [\-n|\-\-basevgname VolumeGroupName]
10 PhysicalVolume [PhysicalVolume...]
13 is used to import a duplicated VG (e.g. hardware snapshot). Duplicate VG(s)
14 and PV(s) are not able to be used until they are made to coexist with
15 the origin VG(s) and PV(s).
17 renames the VG associated with the specified PV(s) and changes the
18 associated VG and PV UUIDs.
20 See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
22 .I \-n|\-\-basevgname VolumeGroupName
23 By default the snapshot VG will be renamed to the original name plus a
24 numeric suffix to avoid duplicate naming (e.g. 'test_vg' would be renamed
25 to 'test_vg1'). This option will override the base VG name that is
26 used for all VG renames. If a VG already exists with the specified name
27 a numeric suffix will be added (like the previous example) to make it unique.
30 Import exported Volume Groups. Otherwise VGs that have been exported
31 will not be changed (nor will their associated PVs).
32 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
35 The LVM2 binary to use.
41 .BR /dev/loop0 " and " /dev/loop1
43 .BR /dev/loop2 " and " /dev/loop3
44 are respective snapshot PVs of the origin PVs.
47 .BR /dev/loop2 " and " /dev/loop3
52 (and change associated VG and PV UUIDs):
55 \ vgimportclone --basevgname test_vg_snap /dev/loop2 /dev/loop3