vgimport(8) [centos man page]

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

NAME

       vgimport - make exported volume groups known to the system

SYNOPSIS

       vgimport [-a|--all] [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [-v|--verbose] VolumeGroupName [VolumeGroupName...]

DESCRIPTION

       vgimport  allows  you to make a Volume Group that was previously exported using vgexport(8) known to the system again, perhaps after moving
       its Physical Volumes from a different machine.

OPTIONS

       See lvm(8) for common options.

       -a, --all
	      Import all exported Volume Groups.

       --force
	      Import exported Volume Groups even if there are missing Physical Volumes.  This option should only be used if  the  missing  devices
	      are known to have failed and they cannot be restored.

SEE ALSO

       lvm(8), pvscan(8), vgexport(8), vgscan(8)

Sistina Software UK				     LVM TOOLS 2.02.105(2)-RHEL7 (2014-03-26)					       VGIMPORT(8)

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

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  associ-
       ated VG and PV UUIDs.

OPTIONS

       See lvm(8) 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
       The origin VG "vg00" has origin PVs "/dev/sda" and "/dev/sdb" and the respective snapshot PVs are "/dev/sdc" and "/dev/sdd".  To rename the
       VG associated with "/dev/sdc" and "/dev/sdd" from "vg00" to "vg00_snap" (and to change associated VG and PV UUIDs) do:

       vgimportclone --basevgname vg00_snap /dev/sdc /dev/sdd

SEE ALSO

       lvm(8), vgrename(8)

Red Hat, Inc.					     LVM TOOLS 2.02.105(2)-RHEL7 (2014-03-26)					  VGIMPORTCLONE(8)