From 0b13852a5bf0cf566179fc159d25caf501a5ad1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alasdair Kergon Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 13:25:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] More restore hints. --- man/vgcfgrestore.8 | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/vgcfgrestore.8 b/man/vgcfgrestore.8 index 6ce8e6cf6..a32804f2e 100644 --- a/man/vgcfgrestore.8 +++ b/man/vgcfgrestore.8 @@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ allows you to restore the metadata of your volume groups from a text backup file produced by \fBvgcfgbackup\fP. .SH OPTIONS See \fBlvm\fP for common options. +.SH REPLACING PHYSICAL VOLUMES +\fBvgdisplay --partial --verbose\fP will show you the UUIDs and sizes of +any PVs that are no longer present. +If a PV in the VG is lost and you wish to substitute +another of the same size, use +\fBpvcreate --restorefile filename --uuid uuid\fP (plus additional +arguments as appropriate) to initialise it with the same UUID as +the missing PV. Repeat for all other missing PVs in the VG. +Then use \fBvgcfgrestore --file filename\fP to restore the volume +group's metadata. .SH SEE ALSO .BR lvm (8), .BR vgcreate (8)