vgcfgbackup(8) [opensolaris man page]

VGCFGBACKUP(8)                                                System Manager's Manual                                               VGCFGBACKUP(8)

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)

Sistina Software UK                                      LVM TOOLS 2.02.95(2) (2012-03-06)                                          VGCFGBACKUP(8)

VGCFGBACKUP(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    VGCFGBACKUP(8)

NAME

       vgcfgbackup - backup volume group descriptor area

SYNOPSIS

       vgcfgbackup [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose] [VolumeGroupName...]

DESCRIPTION

       vgcfgbackup  allows you to backup the metadata or Volume Group Descriptor Area (VGDA) of one to all volume groups to files in /etc/lvmconf.
       If you don't give any volume groups in the command line, all of them will be backed up.	This DOESN'T backup user/system  data  in  logical
       volume(s)!   To	restore  volume  group	descriptor area backups see the vgcfgrestore(8) tool.  A 10 step history is backed up in /etc/lvm-
       conf/VolumeGroupName.conf and  /etc/lvmconf/VolumeGroupName.conf.[1-9].old. This enables you to restore your volume group configuration	up
       to 10 steps back in the backup history.

   OPTIONS
       -d, --debug
	      Enables additional debugging output (if compiled with DEBUG).

       -h, --help
	      Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

       -v, --verbose
	      Gives verbose runtime information about vgcfgbackup's activities.

DIAGNOSTICS

       vgcfgbackup returns an exit code of 0 for success and > 0 for error:

       1  error doing backup

       95 driver/module not in kernel
       96 invalid I/O protocol version
       97 error locking logical volume manager
       98 invalid lvmtab (run vgscan(8))
       99 invalid command line

SEE ALSO

       lvm(8), vgcfgrestore(8), vgcreate(8)

AUTHOR

       Heinz Mauelshagen <Linux-LVM@Sistina.com>

Heinz Mauelshagen						     LVM TOOLS							    VGCFGBACKUP(8)