vgcfgbackup vgdata

Category: Administration

vgcfgbackup vgdata

Back up a volume group's metadata

Saves the configuration metadata of volume group vgdata to /etc/lvm/backup. That file contains the exact layout needed to restore the group if metadata is lost. Regular backups let you recover a broken volume group with vgcfgrestore.
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