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.TH VGCFGBACKUP 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
vgcfgbackup \- backup volume group descriptor area
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vgcfgbackup
.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
.RB [ \-f | \-\-file " filename" ]
.RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
.RB [ \-\-ignorelockingfailure ]
.RB [ \-P | \-\-partial ]
.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
.RI [ VolumeGroupName ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B 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.
.sp
In a default installation, each volume group gets backed up into a separate
file bearing the name of the volume group in the directory #DEFAULT_BACKUP_DIR#.
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.
.sp
NB. This DOESN'T backup user/system data in logical
volume(s)!  Backup #DEFAULT_SYS_DIR# regularly too.
.SH OPTIONS
See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8),
.BR vgcfgrestore (8)
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5951ef33	1	.TH VGCFGBACKUP 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -- nroff --
922ce479 AK	2	.SH NAME
	3	vgcfgbackup \- backup volume group descriptor area
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B vgcfgbackup
	6	.RB [ \-d \| \-\-debug ]
5a52dca9	7	.RB [ \-f \| \-\-file " filename" ]
922ce479	8	.RB [ \-h \| \-\-help ]
5a52dca9 AK	9	.RB [ \-\-ignorelockingfailure ]
5a52dca9 AK	10	.RB [ \-P \| \-\-partial ]
922ce479 AK	11	.RB [ \-v \| \-\-verbose ]
	12	.RI [ VolumeGroupName ...]
	13	.SH DESCRIPTION
	14	.B vgcfgbackup
	15	allows you to backup the metadata
5a52dca9	16	of your volume groups.
55d68d2a	17	If you don't name any volume groups on the command line, all of them
8d267798 AK	18	will be backed up.
	19	.sp
	20	In a default installation, each volume group gets backed up into a separate
3399ae32	21	file bearing the name of the volume group in the directory #DEFAULT_BACKUP_DIR#.
8d267798 AK	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.
	25	.sp
	26	NB. This DOESN'T backup user/system data in logical
3399ae32	27	volume(s)! Backup #DEFAULT_SYS_DIR# regularly too.
922ce479 AK	28	.SH OPTIONS
	29	See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
	30	.SH SEE ALSO
	31	.BR lvm (8),
8d267798	32	.BR vgcfgrestore (8)