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6 vgcfgbackup - backup volume group descriptor area
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9 vgcfgbackup [-d|--debug] [-f|--file filename] [-h|--help] [--ignore‐
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13 vgcfgbackup allows you to backup the metadata of your volume groups.
14 If you don't name any volume groups on the command line, all of them
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17 In a default installation, each volume group gets backed up into a sep‐
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19 /etc/lvm/backup. You can write the backup to an alternative file using
20 -f. In this case if you are backing up more than one volume group the
21 filename is treated as a template, and %s gets replaced by the volume
22 group name.
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24 NB. This DOESN'T backup user/system data in logical volume(s)! Backup
25 /etc/lvm regularly too.
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31 lvm(8), vgcfgrestore(8)
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