{"id":2807,"date":"2022-12-20T15:17:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T18:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lode.uno\/linux-man\/index.php\/2022\/12\/20\/vgimportclone-man8\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T15:17:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T18:17:22","slug":"vgimportclone-man8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lode.uno\/linux-man\/2022\/12\/20\/vgimportclone-man8\/","title":{"rendered":"VGIMPORTCLONE (man8)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 align=\"center\">VGIMPORTCLONE<\/h1>\n<p> <a href=\"#NAME\">NAME<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"#SYNOPSIS\">SYNOPSIS<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"#DESCRIPTION\">DESCRIPTION<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"#USAGE\">USAGE<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"#OPTIONS\">OPTIONS<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"#VARIABLES\">VARIABLES<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"#ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES\">ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"#EXAMPLES\">EXAMPLES<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"#SEE ALSO\">SEE ALSO<\/a> <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>NAME <a name=\"NAME\"><\/a> <\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\">vgimportclone \u2212 Import a VG from cloned PVs<\/p>\n<h2>SYNOPSIS <a name=\"SYNOPSIS\"><\/a> <\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\"><b>vgimportclone<\/b> <i>position_args<\/i> <br \/> [ <i>option_args<\/i> ]<\/p>\n<h2>DESCRIPTION <a name=\"DESCRIPTION\"><\/a> <\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\">vgimportclone imports a VG from duplicated PVs, e.g. created by a hardware snapshot of existing PVs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\">A duplicated VG cannot used until it is made to coexist with the original VG. vgimportclone renames the VG associated with the specified PVs and changes the associated VG and PV UUIDs.<\/p>\n<h2>USAGE <a name=\"USAGE\"><\/a> <\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\"><b>vgimportclone<\/b> <i>PV<\/i> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:17%;\">[ <b>\u2212n<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212basevgname<\/b> <i>VG<\/i> ] <br \/> [ <b>\u2212i<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212import<\/b> ] <br \/> [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\">Common options for lvm:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:17%;\">[ <b>\u2212d<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212debug<\/b> ] <br \/> [ <b>\u2212h<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212help<\/b> ] <br \/> [ <b>\u2212q<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212quiet<\/b> ] <br \/> [ <b>\u2212t<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212test<\/b> ] <br \/> [ <b>\u2212v<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212verbose<\/b> ] <br \/> [ <b>\u2212y<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212yes<\/b> ] <br \/> [ <b>\u2212\u2212commandprofile<\/b> <i>String<\/i> ] <br \/> [ <b>\u2212\u2212config<\/b> <i>String<\/i> ] <br \/> [ <b>\u2212\u2212driverloaded y<\/b>|<b>n<\/b> ] <br \/> [ <b>\u2212\u2212lockopt<\/b> <i>String<\/i> ] <br \/> [ <b>\u2212\u2212longhelp<\/b> ] <br \/> [ <b>\u2212\u2212nolocking<\/b> ] <br \/> [ <b>\u2212\u2212profile<\/b> <i>String<\/i> ] <br \/> [ <b>\u2212\u2212version<\/b> ]<\/p>\n<h2>OPTIONS <a name=\"OPTIONS\"><\/a> <\/h2>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"34%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212n<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212basevgname<\/b> <i>String<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"55%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">By default the snapshot VG will be renamed to the original name plus a numeric suffix to avoid duplicate naming (e.g. \u2019test_vg\u2019 would be renamed to \u2019test_vg1\u2019). This option will override the base VG name that is used for all VG renames. If a VG already exists with the specified name a numeric suffix will be added (like the previous example) to make it unique.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212\u2212commandprofile<\/b> <i>String<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"54%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">The command profile to use for command configuration. See <b>lvm.conf<\/b>(5) for more information about profiles.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"23%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212\u2212config<\/b> <i>String<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"66%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf settings. The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may use section\/field syntax. See <b>lvm.conf<\/b>(5) for more information about config.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"21%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212d<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212debug<\/b> &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"68%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of messages sent to the log file and\/or syslog (if configured).<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"27%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212\u2212driverloaded y<\/b>|<b>n<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"62%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper. For testing and debugging.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"14%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212h<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212help<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"75%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">Display help text.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212i<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212import<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"72%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">Import exported VGs. Otherwise VGs that have been exported will not be changed (nor will their associated PVs).<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212\u2212lockopt<\/b> <i>String<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd. See <b>lvmlockd<\/b>(8) for more information.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"15%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212\u2212longhelp<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">Display long help text.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212\u2212nolocking<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"72%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">Disable locking.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212\u2212profile<\/b> <i>String<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">An alias for \u2212\u2212commandprofile or \u2212\u2212metadataprofile, depending on the command.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"21%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212q<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212quiet<\/b> &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"68%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">Suppress output and log messages. Overrides \u2212\u2212debug and \u2212\u2212verbose. Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer \u2019no\u2019.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"14%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212t<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212test<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"75%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata. This is implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless returning success to the calling function. This may lead to unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but hasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212v<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212verbose<\/b> &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"14%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212\u2212version<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"75%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">Display version information.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><b>\u2212y<\/b>|<b>\u2212\u2212yes<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"77%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes. Use with extreme caution. (For automatic no, see \u2212qq.)<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<h2>VARIABLES <a name=\"VARIABLES\"><\/a> <\/h2>\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"3%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"86%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"3%\">\n<p><i>PV<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"86%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">Physical Volume name, a device path under \/dev. For commands managing physical extents, a PV positional arg generally accepts a suffix indicating a range (or multiple ranges) of physical extents (PEs). When the first PE is omitted, it defaults to the start of the device, and when the last PE is omitted it defaults to end. Start and end range (inclusive): <i>PV<\/i>[<b>:<\/b><i>PE<\/i><b>\u2212<\/b><i>PE<\/i>]&#8230; Start and length range (counting from 0): <i>PV<\/i>[<b>:<\/b><i>PE<\/i><b>+<\/b><i>PE<\/i>]&#8230;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"9%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><i>String<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"80%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">See the option description for information about the string content.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" rules=\"none\" frame=\"void\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"15%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em\"><i>Size<\/i>[UNIT]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"74%\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left:22%;\">Size is an input number that accepts an optional unit. Input units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capitalization, e.g. \u2019k\u2019 and \u2019K\u2019 both refer to 1024. The default input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT. UNIT represents other possible input units: <b>bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE<\/b>. b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is kilobytes, m|M is megabytes, g|G is gigabytes, t|T is terabytes, p|P is petabytes, e|E is exabytes. (This should not be confused with the output control \u2212\u2212units, where capital letters mean multiple of 1000.)<\/p>\n<h2>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES <a name=\"ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES\"><\/a> <\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\">See <b>lvm<\/b>(8) for information about environment variables used by lvm. For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG parameter.<\/p>\n<h2>EXAMPLES <a name=\"EXAMPLES\"><\/a> <\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\">An original VG &#8220;vg00&#8221; has PVs &#8220;\/dev\/sda&#8221; and &#8220;\/dev\/sdb&#8221;. The corresponding PVs from a hardware snapshot are &#8220;\/dev\/sdc&#8221; and &#8220;\/dev\/sdd&#8221;. Rename the VG associated with &#8220;\/dev\/sdc&#8221; and &#8220;\/dev\/sdd&#8221; from &#8220;vg00&#8221; to &#8220;vg00_snap&#8221; (and change associated UUIDs). <b><br \/> vgimportclone \u2212\u2212basevgname vg00_snap \/dev\/sdc \/dev\/sdd<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO <a name=\"SEE ALSO\"><\/a> <\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\"><b>lvm<\/b>(8) <b>lvm.conf<\/b>(5) <b>lvmconfig<\/b>(8)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\"><b>pvchange<\/b>(8) <b>pvck<\/b>(8) <b>pvcreate<\/b>(8) <b>pvdisplay<\/b>(8) <b>pvmove<\/b>(8) <b>pvremove<\/b>(8) <b>pvresize<\/b>(8) <b>pvs<\/b>(8) <b>pvscan<\/b>(8)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\"><b>vgcfgbackup<\/b>(8) <b>vgcfgrestore<\/b>(8) <b>vgchange<\/b>(8) <b>vgck<\/b>(8) <b>vgcreate<\/b>(8) <b>vgconvert<\/b>(8) <b>vgdisplay<\/b>(8) <b>vgexport<\/b>(8) <b>vgextend<\/b>(8) <b>vgimport<\/b>(8) <b>vgimportclone<\/b>(8) <b>vgmerge<\/b>(8) <b>vgmknodes<\/b>(8) <b>vgreduce<\/b>(8) <b>vgremove<\/b>(8) <b>vgrename<\/b>(8) <b>vgs<\/b>(8) <b>vgscan<\/b>(8) <b>vgsplit<\/b>(8)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\"><b>lvcreate<\/b>(8) <b>lvchange<\/b>(8) <b>lvconvert<\/b>(8) <b>lvdisplay<\/b>(8) <b>lvextend<\/b>(8) <b>lvreduce<\/b>(8) <b>lvremove<\/b>(8) <b>lvrename<\/b>(8) <b>lvresize<\/b>(8) <b>lvs<\/b>(8) <b>lvscan<\/b>(8)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\"><b>lvm-fullreport<\/b>(8) <b>lvm-lvpoll<\/b>(8) <b>lvm2\u2212activation\u2212generator<\/b>(8) <b>blkdeactivate<\/b>(8) <b>lvmdump<\/b>(8)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\"><b>dmeventd<\/b>(8) <b>lvmpolld<\/b>(8) <b>lvmlockd<\/b>(8) <b>lvmlockctl<\/b>(8) <b>cmirrord<\/b>(8) <b>lvmdbusd<\/b>(8)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em\"><b>lvmsystemid<\/b>(7) <b>lvmreport<\/b>(7) <b>lvmraid<\/b>(7) <b>lvmthin<\/b>(7) <b>lvmcache<\/b>(7)<\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  vgimportclone \u2212 Import a VG from cloned PVs <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5,52,4,160],"class_list":["post-2807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-administracion-del-sistema","tag-5","tag-administracion","tag-man8","tag-vgimportclone"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lode.uno\/linux-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lode.uno\/linux-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lode.uno\/linux-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lode.uno\/linux-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lode.uno\/linux-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lode.uno\/linux-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lode.uno\/linux-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lode.uno\/linux-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lode.uno\/linux-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}