NAME

       vgimportclone — Import a VG from cloned PVs

SYNOPSIS

       vgimportclone position_args
           [ option_args ]

DESCRIPTION

       vgimportclone  imports  a  VG  from duplicated PVs, e.g. created by a hardware snapshot of
       existing PVs.

       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.

USAGE

       vgimportclone PV ...
           [ -n|--basevgname VG ]
           [ -i|--import ]
           [    --importdevices ]
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]

       Common options for lvm:
           [ -d|--debug ]
           [ -h|--help ]
           [ -q|--quiet ]
           [ -t|--test ]
           [ -v|--verbose ]
           [ -y|--yes ]
           [    --commandprofile String ]
           [    --config String ]
           [    --devices PV ]
           [    --devicesfile String ]
           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
           [    --journal String ]
           [    --lockopt String ]
           [    --longhelp ]
           [    --nohints ]
           [    --nolocking ]
           [    --profile String ]
           [    --version ]

OPTIONS

       -n|--basevgname String
              By default the snapshot VG will be renamed to the  original  name  plus  a  numeric
              suffix  to  avoid duplicate naming (e.g. 'test_vg' would be renamed to 'test_vg1').
              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.

       --commandprofile String
              The command profile to use for command configuration.   See  lvm.conf(5)  for  more
              information about profiles.

       --config String
              Config  settings  for the command. These override lvm.conf(5) settings.  The String
              arg uses the same format as lvm.conf(5), or  may  use  section/field  syntax.   See
              lvm.conf(5) for more information about config.

       -d|--debug ...
              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).

       --devices PV
              Restricts the devices that are visible and accessible to the command.  Devices  not
              listed  will  appear to be missing. This option can be repeated, or accepts a comma
              separated list of devices. This overrides the devices file.

       --devicesfile String
              A  file  listing  devices  that  LVM  should  use.   The   file   must   exist   in
              /etc/lvm/devices/  and  is  managed with the lvmdevices(8) command.  This overrides
              the lvm.conf(5) devices/devicesfile and devices/use_devicesfile settings.

       --driverloaded y|n
              If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.  For  testing  and
              debugging.

       -h|--help
              Display help text.

       -i|--import
              Import exported VGs. Otherwise VGs that have been exported will not be changed (nor
              will their associated PVs).

       --importdevices
              Add devices to the devices file.

       --journal String
              Record information in the systemd journal.  This  information  is  in  addition  to
              information   enabled   by  the  lvm.conf  log/journal  setting.   command:  record
              information about the command.  output: record the default command output.   debug:
              record full command debugging.

       --lockopt String
              Used  to  pass  options  for  special  cases to lvmlockd.  See lvmlockd(8) for more
              information.

       --longhelp
              Display long help text.

       --nohints
              Do not use the hints file to locate devices  for  PVs.  A  command  may  read  more
              devices  to  find  PVs  when  hints  are  not  used. The command will still perform
              standard hint file invalidation where appropriate.

       --nolocking
              Disable locking. Use  with  caution,  concurrent  commands  may  produce  incorrect
              results.

       --profile String
              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command.

       -q|--quiet ...
              Suppress  output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose.  Repeat once to
              also suppress any prompts with answer 'no'.

       -t|--test
              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't.

       -v|--verbose ...
              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent
              to stdout and stderr.

       --version
              Display version information.

       -y|--yes
              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes.  Use
              with extreme caution.  (For automatic no, see -qq.)

VARIABLES

       PV     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):  PV[:PE-PE]...   Start and length range
              (counting from 0): PV[:PE+PE]...

       String See the option description for information about the string content.

       Size[UNIT]
              Size is an input number that accepts an optional  unit.   Input  units  are  always
              treated  as  base  two  values, regardless of capitalization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both
              refer to 1024.  The default input unit is specified by letter, followed  by  |UNIT.
              UNIT  represents  other  possible  input units: b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors of 512
              bytes, k|K is KiB, m|M is MiB, g|G is GiB, t|T is TiB, p|P  is  PiB,  e|E  is  EiB.
              (This should not be confused with the output control --units, where capital letters
              mean multiple of 1000.)

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See lvm(8) for  information  about  environment  variables  used  by  lvm.   For  example,
       LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG parameter.

EXAMPLES

       An  original  VG  "vg00"  has PVs "/dev/sda" and "/dev/sdb".  The corresponding PVs from a
       hardware snapshot are "/dev/sdc" and "/dev/sdd".  Rename the VG associated with "/dev/sdc"
       and "/dev/sdd" from "vg00" to "vg00_snap" (and change associated UUIDs).
       vgimportclone --basevgname vg00_snap /dev/sdc /dev/sdd

SEE ALSO

       lvm(8), lvm.conf(5), lvmconfig(8), lvmdevices(8),

       pvchange(8), pvck(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), pvmove(8), pvremove(8), pvresize(8),
       pvs(8), pvscan(8),

       vgcfgbackup(8), vgcfgrestore(8), vgchange(8), vgck(8), vgcreate(8), vgconvert(8),
       vgdisplay(8), vgexport(8), vgextend(8), vgimport(8), vgimportclone(8), vgimportdevices(8),
       vgmerge(8), vgmknodes(8), vgreduce(8), vgremove(8), vgrename(8), vgs(8), vgscan(8),
       vgsplit(8),

       lvcreate(8), lvchange(8), lvconvert(8), lvdisplay(8), lvextend(8), lvreduce(8),
       lvremove(8), lvrename(8), lvresize(8), lvs(8), lvscan(8),

       lvm-fullreport(8), lvm-lvpoll(8), blkdeactivate(8), lvmdump(8),

       dmeventd(8), lvmpolld(8), lvmlockd(8), lvmlockctl(8), cmirrord(8), lvmdbusd(8), fsadm(8),

       lvmsystemid(7), lvmreport(7), lvmraid(7), lvmthin(7), lvmcache(7)