.TH VGCFGBACKUP 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*- .SH NAME vgcfgbackup \- backup volume group descriptor area .SH SYNOPSIS .B vgcfgbackup .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ] .RB [ \-h | \-\-help ] .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ] .RI [ VolumeGroupName ...] .SH DESCRIPTION .B vgcfgbackup allows you to backup the metadata of one to all volume groups to files in .IR /etc/lvm . If you don't give any volume groups in the command line, all of them will be backed up. This DOESN'T backup user/system data in logical volume(s)! .SH OPTIONS See \fBlvm\fP for common options. .SH SEE ALSO .BR lvm (8), .BR vgcreate (8)