| .TH VGCFGBACKUP 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*- |
| .SH NAME |
| vgcfgbackup \(em backup volume group descriptor area |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B vgcfgbackup |
| .RB [ \-\-commandprofile |
| .IR ProfileName ] |
| .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ] |
| .RB [ \-f | \-\-file |
| .IR Filename ] |
| .RB [ \-h | \-\-help ] |
| .RB [ \-\-ignorelockingfailure ] |
| .RB [ \-P | \-\-partial ] |
| .RB [ \-\-reportformat |
| .RB { basic | json }] |
| .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ] |
| .RI [ VolumeGroupName ...] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 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 |
| \fI#DEFAULT_BACKUP_DIR#\fP. |
| You can write the backup to an alternative file using \fB\-f\fP. 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 \fI#DEFAULT_SYS_DIR#\fP regularly too. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR lvm (8), |
| .BR vgcfgrestore (8) |
