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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "vgcfgrestore",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgcfgrestore/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-16T03:27:29Z",
    "synopsis": "vgcfgrestore optionargs positionargs\n[ optionargs ]\n[ positionargs ]\n--commandprofile String\n--config String\n-d|--debug\n--driverloaded y|n\n-f|--file String\n--force\n-h|--help\n-l|--list\n--lockopt String\n--longhelp\n-M|--metadatatype lvm2\n--nolocking\n--profile String\n-q|--quiet\n-t|--test\n-v|--verbose\n--version\n-y|--yes",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "vgcfgrestore - Restore volume group configuration\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "vgcfgrestore optionargs positionargs\n[ optionargs ]\n[ positionargs ]\n\n--commandprofile String\n--config String\n-d|--debug\n--driverloaded y|n\n-f|--file String\n--force\n-h|--help\n-l|--list\n--lockopt String\n--longhelp\n-M|--metadatatype lvm2\n--nolocking\n--profile String\n-q|--quiet\n-t|--test\n-v|--verbose\n--version\n-y|--yes\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "vgcfgrestore  restores the metadata of a VG from a text back up file produced by vgcfgbackup.\nThis writes VG metadata onto the devices specifed in back up file.\n\nA back up file can be specified with --file.  If no backup file is specified, the most recent\none is used. Use --list for a list of the available back up and archive files of a VG.\n\nWARNING: When a VG contains thin pools, changes to thin metadata cannot be reverted, and data\nloss may occur if thin metadata has changed. The force option is required to restore in  this\ncase.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "USAGE": {
            "content": "Restore VG metadata from last backup.\n\nvgcfgrestore VG\n[ COMMONOPTIONS ]\n-\n\nRestore VG metadata from specified file.\n\nvgcfgrestore -f|--file String VG\n[ COMMONOPTIONS ]\n-\n\nList all VG metadata backups.\n\nvgcfgrestore -l|--list VG\n[ COMMONOPTIONS ]\n-\n\nList one VG metadata backup file.\n\nvgcfgrestore -l|--list -f|--file String\n[ COMMONOPTIONS ]\n[ VG ]\n-\n\nCommon options for command:\n[ -M|--metadatatype lvm2 ]\n[    --force ]\n\nCommon options for lvm:\n[ -d|--debug ]\n[ -h|--help ]\n[ -q|--quiet ]\n[ -t|--test ]\n[ -v|--verbose ]\n[ -y|--yes ]\n[    --commandprofile String ]\n[    --config String ]\n[    --driverloaded y|n ]\n[    --lockopt String ]\n[    --longhelp ]\n[    --nolocking ]\n[    --profile String ]\n[    --version ]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "--commandprofile String\nThe command profile to use for command configuration.  See lvm.conf(5) for more infor‐\nmation about profiles.\n\n--config String\nConfig settings for the command. These override lvm.conf settings.  The String arg\nuses the same format as lvm.conf, or may use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5)\nfor more information about config.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-d --debug",
                    "content": "Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of messages sent to\nthe log file and/or syslog (if configured).\n\n--driverloaded y|n\nIf set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.  For testing and de‐\nbugging.\n",
                    "flag": "-d",
                    "long": "--debug"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-f --file",
                    "content": "Read metadata backup from the named file.  Usually this file was created by vgcfg‐\nbackup.\n\n--force ...\nForce metadata restore even with thin pool LVs.  Use with extreme caution. Most\nchanges to thin metadata cannot be reverted.  You may lose data if you restore meta‐\ndata that does not match the thin pool kernel metadata precisely.\n",
                    "flag": "-f",
                    "long": "--file"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-h --help",
                    "content": "Display help text.\n",
                    "flag": "-h",
                    "long": "--help"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-l --list",
                    "content": "List metadata backup and archive files pertaining to the VG.  May be used with --file.\nDoes not restore the VG.\n\n--lockopt String\nUsed to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd.  See lvmlockd(8) for more informa‐\ntion.\n",
                    "flag": "-l",
                    "long": "--list"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--longhelp",
                    "content": "Display long help text.\n",
                    "long": "--longhelp"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-M --metadatatype",
                    "content": "Specifies the type of on-disk metadata to use.  lvm2 (or just 2) is the current, stan‐\ndard format.  lvm1 (or just 1) is no longer used.\n",
                    "flag": "-M",
                    "long": "--metadatatype"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--nolocking",
                    "content": "Disable locking.\n\n--profile String\nAn alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command.\n",
                    "long": "--nolocking"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-q --quiet",
                    "content": "Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose.  Repeat once to\nalso suppress any prompts with answer 'no'.\n",
                    "flag": "-q",
                    "long": "--quiet"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-t --test",
                    "content": "Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata.  This is implemented by disabling\nall metadata writing but nevertheless returning success to the calling function. This\nmay lead to unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool relies on read‐\ning back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't.\n",
                    "flag": "-t",
                    "long": "--test"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-v --verbose",
                    "content": "Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent to\nstdout and stderr.\n",
                    "flag": "-v",
                    "long": "--verbose"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--version",
                    "content": "Display version information.\n",
                    "long": "--version"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-y --yes",
                    "content": "Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes. Use\nwith extreme caution.  (For automatic no, see -qq.)\n",
                    "flag": "-y",
                    "long": "--yes"
                }
            ]
        },
        "VARIABLES": {
            "content": "VG\nVolume Group name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.\n\nString\nSee the option description for information about the string content.\n\nSize[UNIT]\nSize is an input number that accepts an optional unit.  Input units are always treated\nas base two values, regardless of capitalization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024.\nThe default input unit is specified by letter, followed  by  |UNIT.   UNIT  represents\nother  possible  input  units:  bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE.  b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors of 512\nbytes, 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\nshould  not  be  confused  with the output control --units, where capital letters mean\nmultiple of 1000.)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES": {
            "content": "See lvm(8) for information about environment variables used by lvm.  For example, LVMVGNAME\ncan generally be substituted for a required VG parameter.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "NOTES": {
            "content": "To  replace  PVs, vgdisplay --partial --verbose will show the UUIDs and sizes of any PVs that\nare no longer present. If a PV in the VG is lost and you wish to substitute  another  of  the\nsame  size, use pvcreate --restorefile filename --uuid uuid (plus additional arguments as ap‐\npropriate) to initialise it with the same UUID as the missing PV. Repeat for all other  miss‐\ning PVs in the VG.  Then use vgcfgrestore --file filename to restore the VG's metadata.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "lvm(8) lvm.conf(5) lvmconfig(8)\n\npvchange(8)  pvck(8)  pvcreate(8)  pvdisplay(8) pvmove(8) pvremove(8) pvresize(8) pvs(8) pvs‐‐\ncan(8)\n\nvgcfgbackup(8) vgcfgrestore(8) vgchange(8) vgck(8) vgcreate(8) vgconvert(8) vgdisplay(8)  vg‐‐\nexport(8)  vgextend(8) vgimport(8) vgimportclone(8) vgmerge(8) vgmknodes(8) vgreduce(8) vgre‐‐\nmove(8) vgrename(8) vgs(8) vgscan(8) vgsplit(8)\n\nlvcreate(8) lvchange(8) lvconvert(8) lvdisplay(8) lvextend(8) lvreduce(8)  lvremove(8)  lvre‐‐\nname(8) lvresize(8) lvs(8) lvscan(8)\n\nlvm-fullreport(8) lvm-lvpoll(8) lvm2-activation-generator(8) blkdeactivate(8) lvmdump(8)\n\ndmeventd(8) lvmpolld(8) lvmlockd(8) lvmlockctl(8) cmirrord(8) lvmdbusd(8)\n\nlvmsystemid(7) lvmreport(7) lvmraid(7) lvmthin(7) lvmcache(7)\n\n\n\nRed Hat, Inc.                     LVM TOOLS 2.03.11(2) (2021-01-08)                  VGCFGRESTORE(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "vgcfgrestore - Restore volume group configuration",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-d",
            "long": "--debug",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "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). --driverloaded y|n If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper. For testing and de‐ bugging."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-f",
            "long": "--file",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Read metadata backup from the named file. Usually this file was created by vgcfg‐ backup. --force ... Force metadata restore even with thin pool LVs. Use with extreme caution. Most changes to thin metadata cannot be reverted. You may lose data if you restore meta‐ data that does not match the thin pool kernel metadata precisely."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": "--help",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Display help text."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-l",
            "long": "--list",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "List metadata backup and archive files pertaining to the VG. May be used with --file. Does not restore the VG. --lockopt String Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd. See lvmlockd(8) for more informa‐ tion."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--longhelp",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Display long help text."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-M",
            "long": "--metadatatype",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Specifies the type of on-disk metadata to use. lvm2 (or just 2) is the current, stan‐ dard format. lvm1 (or just 1) is no longer used."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--nolocking",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Disable locking. --profile String An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-q",
            "long": "--quiet",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose. Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer 'no'."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-t",
            "long": "--test",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "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 read‐ ing back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-v",
            "long": "--verbose",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--version",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Display version information."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-y",
            "long": "--yes",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes. Use with extreme caution. (For automatic no, see -qq.)"
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "lvm",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvm.conf",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm.conf/5/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmconfig",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmconfig/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvchange",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvchange/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvck",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvck/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvcreate",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvcreate/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvdisplay",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvdisplay/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvmove",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvmove/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvremove",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvremove/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvresize",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvresize/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pvs",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvs/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "can",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/can/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgcfgbackup",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgcfgbackup/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgchange",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgchange/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgck",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgck/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgcreate",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgcreate/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgconvert",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgconvert/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgdisplay",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgdisplay/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "export",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/export/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgextend",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgextend/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgimport",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgimport/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgimportclone",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgimportclone/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgmerge",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgmerge/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgmknodes",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgmknodes/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgreduce",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgreduce/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "move",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/move/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgrename",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgrename/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgs",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgs/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgscan",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgscan/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgsplit",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgsplit/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvcreate",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvcreate/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvchange",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvchange/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvconvert",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvconvert/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvdisplay",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvdisplay/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvextend",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvextend/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvreduce",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvreduce/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvremove",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvremove/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "name",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/name/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvresize",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvresize/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvs",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvs/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvscan",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvscan/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvm-fullreport",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm-fullreport/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvm-lvpoll",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm-lvpoll/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvm2-activation-generator",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvm2-activation-generator/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "blkdeactivate",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/blkdeactivate/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmdump",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmdump/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "dmeventd",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dmeventd/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmpolld",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmpolld/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmlockd",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmlockd/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmlockctl",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmlockctl/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "cmirrord",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/cmirrord/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmdbusd",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmdbusd/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmsystemid",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmsystemid/7/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmreport",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmreport/7/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmraid",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmraid/7/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmthin",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmthin/7/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lvmcache",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmcache/7/json"
        }
    ]
}