NAME

       vgimportclone - import and rename duplicated volume group (e.g. a hardware snapshot)

SYNOPSIS

       vgimportclone [-n|--basevgname VolumeGroupName] [-i|--import] PhysicalVolume [PhysicalVolume...]

DESCRIPTION

       vgimportclone  is used to import a duplicated VG (e.g. hardware snapshot).  Duplicate VG(s) and PV(s) are
       not able to be used until they are made to coexist  with  the  origin  VG(s)  and  PV(s).   vgimportclone
       renames the VG associated with the specified PV(s) and changes the associated VG and PV UUIDs.

OPTIONS

       See lvm(8) for common options.

       -n, --basevgname VolumeGroupName
              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.

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

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       LVM_BINARY
              The LVM2 binary to use. Defaults to "lvm".

Examples

       The  origin  VG  "vg00"  has  origin  PVs  "/dev/sda"  and "/dev/sdb" and the respective snapshot PVs are
       "/dev/sdc" and "/dev/sdd".  To rename the VG associated with "/dev/sdc" and  "/dev/sdd"  from  "vg00"  to
       "vg00_snap" (and to change associated VG and PV UUIDs) do:

       vgimportclone --basevgname vg00_snap /dev/sdc /dev/sdd

SEE ALSO

       lvm(8), vgrename(8)