man/vgcfgbackup.8.in

   1 .TH VGCFGBACKUP 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
   2 .SH NAME
   3 vgcfgbackup \- backup volume group descriptor area
   4 .SH SYNOPSIS
   5 .B vgcfgbackup
   6 .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
   7 .RB [ \-f | \-\-file
   8 .RI < filename >]
   9 .RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
  10 .RB [ \-\-ignorelockingfailure ]
  11 .RB [ \-P | \-\-partial ]
  12 .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
  13 .RI [ VolumeGroupName ...]
  14 .SH DESCRIPTION
  15 vgcfgbackup allows you to backup the metadata of your volume groups.
  16 If you don't name any volume groups on the command line, all of them
  17 will be backed up.
  18 .sp
  19 In a default installation, each volume group gets backed up into a separate
  20 file bearing the name of the volume group in the directory #DEFAULT_BACKUP_DIR#.
  21 You can write the backup to an alternative file using \fB-f\fP.  In this case
  22 if you are backing up more than one volume group the filename is
  23 treated as a template, and %s gets replaced by the volume group name.
  24 .sp
  25 NB. This DOESN'T backup user/system data in logical
  26 volume(s)!  Backup #DEFAULT_SYS_DIR# regularly too.
  27 .SH OPTIONS
  28 See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options.
  29 .SH SEE ALSO
  30 .BR lvm (8),
  31 .BR vgcfgrestore (8)