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vgcfgbackup

Back up volume group configuration metadata to files (not user data). tldr-pages

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Back up metadata for all volume groups (to /etc/lvm/backup/ by default)

sudo vgcfgbackupIdentify

Back up metadata for a specific volume group

sudo vgcfgbackup vg_nameIdentify

Write the backup to a specific file

sudo vgcfgbackup --file path/to/backup vg_nameIdentify

Back up multiple VGs using a filename template (%s becomes the VG name)

sudo vgcfgbackup --file /tmp/vg-backup-%s vg1 vg2 ...Identify

Increase verbosity (repeat -v for more detail)

sudo vgcfgbackup --verbose vg_nameIdentify