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| 5951ef33 | 1 | .TH VGCFGRESTORE 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*- |
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2 | .SH NAME |
| 3 | vgcfgrestore \- restore volume group descriptor area | |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 5 | .B vgcfgrestore | |
| 6 | .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ] | |
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7 | .RB [ \-f | \-\-file |
| 8 | .RI < filename >] | |
| 9 | .RB [ \-l [ l ]| \-\-list ] | |
| 5a52dca9 | 10 | .RB [ \-h | \-\-help ] |
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11 | .RB [ \-M | \-\-metadatatype |
| 12 | .IR 1 | 2 ] | |
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13 | .RB [ \-t | \-\-test ] |
| 14 | .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ] | |
| 1471bc87 | 15 | .RI \fIVolumeGroupName\fP |
| 5a52dca9 | 16 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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17 | vgcfgrestore allows you to restore the metadata of \fIVolumeGroupName\fP |
| 18 | from a text backup file produced by \fBvgcfgbackup\fP. | |
| 19 | You can specify a backup file with \fB\-\-file\fP. | |
| 20 | If no backup file is specified, the most recent | |
| 21 | one is used. Use \fB\-\-list\fP for a list of the available | |
| 817afaad | 22 | backup and archive files of \fIVolumeGroupName\fP. |
| 5a52dca9 | 23 | .SH OPTIONS |
| c63b155d | 24 | See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options. |
| 1471bc87 | 25 | .TP |
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26 | .BR \-l ", " \-\-list\fP |
| 27 | List files pertaining to \fIVolumeGroupName\fP | |
| 1471bc87 | 28 | List metadata backup and archive files pertaining to \fIVolumeGroupName\fP. |
| c63b155d | 29 | May be used with the \fB\-f\fP option. Does not restore \fIVolumeGroupName\fP. |
| 1471bc87 | 30 | .TP |
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31 | .BR \-f ", " \-\-file " " \fIfilename |
| 32 | Name of LVM metadata backup file | |
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33 | Specifies a metadata backup or archive file to be used for restoring |
| 34 | VolumeGroupName. Often this file has been created with \fBvgcfgbackup\fP. | |
| eeae3378 | 35 | .SH REPLACING PHYSICAL VOLUMES |
| c63b155d | 36 | \fBvgdisplay \-\-partial \-\-verbose\fP will show you the UUIDs and sizes of |
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37 | any PVs that are no longer present. |
| 38 | If a PV in the VG is lost and you wish to substitute | |
| 39 | another of the same size, use | |
| c63b155d | 40 | \fBpvcreate \-\-restorefile filename \-\-uuid uuid\fP (plus additional |
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41 | arguments as appropriate) to initialise it with the same UUID as |
| 42 | the missing PV. Repeat for all other missing PVs in the VG. | |
| c63b155d | 43 | Then use \fBvgcfgrestore \-\-file filename\fP to restore the volume |
| eeae3378 | 44 | group's metadata. |
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45 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| 46 | .BR lvm (8), | |
| 47 | .BR vgcreate (8) |