{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "vgimportclone",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgimportclone/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-10-21T15:00:20Z",
    "synopsis": "vgimportclone positionargs\n[ optionargs ]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "vgimportclone — Import a VG from cloned PVs\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "vgimportclone positionargs\n[ optionargs ]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "vgimportclone imports a VG from duplicated PVs, e.g. created by a hardware snapshot of exist‐\ning PVs.\n\nA  duplicated  VG cannot used until it is made to coexist with the original VG. vgimportclone\nrenames the VG associated with the specified PVs and changes the associated VG and PV UUIDs.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "USAGE": {
            "content": "vgimportclone PV ...\n[ -n|--basevgname VG ]\n[ -i|--import ]\n[    --importdevices ]\n[ COMMONOPTIONS ]\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[    --devices PV ]\n[    --devicesfile String ]\n[    --driverloaded y|n ]\n[    --journal String ]\n[    --lockopt String ]\n[    --longhelp ]\n[    --nohints ]\n[    --nolocking ]\n[    --profile String ]\n[    --version ]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-n --basevgname _",
                    "content": "By default the snapshot VG will be renamed to the original name plus a numeric  suffix\nto avoid duplicate naming (e.g. 'testvg' would be renamed to 'testvg1'). This option\nwill override the base VG name that is used for all VG renames. If a VG already exists\nwith  the specified name a numeric suffix will be added (like the previous example) to\nmake it unique.\n\n--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(5) settings.  The String  arg\nuses the same format as lvm.conf(5), or may use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5)\nfor more information about config.\n",
                    "flag": "-n",
                    "long": "--basevgname"
                },
                {
                    "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--devices PV\nRestricts the devices that are visible and accessible to  the  command.   Devices  not\nlisted will appear to be missing. This option can be repeated, or accepts a comma sep‐\narated list of devices. This overrides the devices file.\n\n--devicesfile String\nA  file listing devices that LVM should use.  The file must exist in /etc/lvm/devices/\nand is managed with the lvmdevices(8) command.  This  overrides  the  lvm.conf(5)  de‐\nvices/devicesfile and devices/usedevicesfile settings.\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": "-h --help",
                    "content": "Display help text.\n",
                    "flag": "-h",
                    "long": "--help"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-i --import",
                    "content": "Import exported VGs. Otherwise VGs that have been exported will not  be  changed  (nor\nwill their associated PVs).\n",
                    "flag": "-i",
                    "long": "--import"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--importdevices",
                    "content": "Add devices to the devices file.\n\n--journal String\nRecord  information in the systemd journal.  This information is in addition to infor‐\nmation enabled by the lvm.conf log/journal setting.  command: record information about\nthe command.  output: record the default command output.  debug: record  full  command\ndebugging.\n\n--lockopt String\nUsed to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd.  See lvmlockd(8) for more informa‐\ntion.\n",
                    "long": "--importdevices"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--longhelp",
                    "content": "Display long help text.\n",
                    "long": "--longhelp"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--nohints",
                    "content": "Do  not  use the hints file to locate devices for PVs. A command may read more devices\nto find PVs when hints are not used. The command will still perform standard hint file\ninvalidation where appropriate.\n",
                    "long": "--nohints"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--nolocking",
                    "content": "Disable locking. Use with caution, concurrent commands may produce incorrect  results.\n\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": "PV     Physical Volume name, a device path under /dev.  For commands  managing  physical  ex‐\ntents,  a PV positional arg generally accepts a suffix indicating a range (or multiple\nranges) of physical extents (PEs). When the first PE is omitted, it  defaults  to  the\nstart  of  the  device, and when the last PE is omitted it defaults to end.  Start and\nend range (inclusive): PV[:PE-PE]...   Start  and  length  range  (counting  from  0):\nPV[:PE+PE]...\n\nString See 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: b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is KiB, m|M\nis MiB, g|G is GiB, t|T is TiB, p|P is PiB, e|E is EiB.  (This should not be  confused\nwith the output control --units, where capital letters mean multiple 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": []
        },
        "EXAMPLES": {
            "content": "An  original VG \"vg00\" has PVs \"/dev/sda\" and \"/dev/sdb\".  The corresponding PVs from a hard‐\nware snapshot are \"/dev/sdc\" and \"/dev/sdd\".  Rename the VG associated  with  \"/dev/sdc\"  and\n\"/dev/sdd\" from \"vg00\" to \"vg00snap\" (and change associated UUIDs).",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "vgimportclone --basevgname vg00_snap /dev/sdc /dev/sdd",
                    "content": ""
                }
            ]
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "lvm(8), lvm.conf(5), lvmconfig(8), lvmdevices(8),\n\npvchange(8), pvck(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), pvmove(8), pvremove(8), pvresize(8), pvs(8),\npvscan(8),\n\nvgcfgbackup(8), vgcfgrestore(8), vgchange(8), vgck(8), vgcreate(8), vgconvert(8),\nvgdisplay(8), vgexport(8), vgextend(8), vgimport(8), vgimportclone(8), vgimportdevices(8),\nvgmerge(8), vgmknodes(8), vgreduce(8), vgremove(8), vgrename(8), vgs(8), vgscan(8),\nvgsplit(8),\n\nlvcreate(8), lvchange(8), lvconvert(8), lvdisplay(8), lvextend(8), lvreduce(8), lvremove(8),\nlvrename(8), lvresize(8), lvs(8), lvscan(8),\n\nlvm-fullreport(8), lvm-lvpoll(8), blkdeactivate(8), lvmdump(8),\n\ndmeventd(8), lvmpolld(8), lvmlockd(8), lvmlockctl(8), cmirrord(8), lvmdbusd(8), fsadm(8),\n\nlvmsystemid(7), lvmreport(7), lvmraid(7), lvmthin(7), lvmcache(7)\n\nRed Hat, Inc.                     LVM TOOLS 2.03.16(2) (2022-05-18)                 VGIMPORTCLONE(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "vgimportclone — Import a VG from cloned PVs",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-n",
            "long": "--basevgname",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "By default the snapshot VG will be renamed to the original name plus a numeric suffix to avoid duplicate naming (e.g. 'testvg' would be renamed to 'testvg1'). 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 infor‐ mation 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."
        },
        {
            "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). --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 sep‐ arated 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) de‐ vices/devicesfile and devices/usedevicesfile settings. --driverloaded y|n If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper. For testing and de‐ bugging."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": "--help",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Display help text."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-i",
            "long": "--import",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Import exported VGs. Otherwise VGs that have been exported will not be changed (nor will their associated PVs)."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--importdevices",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Add devices to the devices file. --journal String Record information in the systemd journal. This information is in addition to infor‐ mation 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 informa‐ tion."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--longhelp",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Display long help text."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--nohints",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "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."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--nolocking",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Disable locking. Use with caution, concurrent commands may produce incorrect results. --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": [
        "An  original VG \"vg00\" has PVs \"/dev/sda\" and \"/dev/sdb\".  The corresponding PVs from a hard‐",
        "ware snapshot are \"/dev/sdc\" and \"/dev/sdd\".  Rename the VG associated  with  \"/dev/sdc\"  and",
        "\"/dev/sdd\" from \"vg00\" to \"vg00snap\" (and change associated UUIDs)."
    ],
    "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": "lvmdevices",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvmdevices/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": "pvscan",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvscan/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgcfgbackup",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgcfgbackup/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vgcfgrestore",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgcfgrestore/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": "vgexport",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgexport/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": "vgimportdevices",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgimportdevices/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": "vgremove",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgremove/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": "lvrename",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lvrename/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": "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": "fsadm",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fsadm/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"
        }
    ]
}