vgcfgrestore

VGCFGRESTORE(8)						      VGCFGRESTORE(8)



NAME
       vgcfgrestore - restore volume group descriptor area

SYNOPSIS
       vgcfgrestore    [-d|--debug]   [-f|--file   filename]   [-l[l]|--list]
       [-h|--help]  [-M|--Metadatatype1|2]  [-t|--test]	 [-v|--verbose]	 Vol-
       umeGroupName

DESCRIPTION
       vgcfgrestore  allows  you  to  restore the metadata of VolumeGroupName
       from a text backup file produced by vgcfgbackup.	 You  can  specify  a
       backup  file  with  --file.   If no backup file is specified, the most
       recent one is used.  Use --list for a list of the available backup and
       archive files of VolumeGroupName.

OPTIONS
       -l | --list — List files pertaining to VolumeGroupName
	      List  metadata  backup  and  archive  files  pertaining to Vol-
	      umeGroupName.  May be  used  with	 the  -f  option.   Does  not
	      restore VolumeGroupName.

       -f | --file filename — Name of LVM metadata backup file
	      Specifies	 a  metadata  backup  or  archive file to be used for
	      restoring VolumeGroupName.  Often this file  has	been  created
	      with vgcfgbackup.

       See lvm for common options.

REPLACING PHYSICAL VOLUMES
       vgdisplay --partial --verbose will show you the UUIDs and sizes of any
       PVs that are no longer present.	If a PV in the VG  is  lost  and  you
       wish  to	 substitute another of the same size, use pvcreate --restore-
       file filename --uuid uuid (plus additional arguments  as	 appropriate)
       to initialise it with the same UUID as the missing PV.  Repeat for all
       other missing PVs in the VG.  Then use vgcfgrestore --file filename to
       restore the volume group’s metadata.

SEE ALSO
       lvm(8), vgcreate(8)



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