See vgimportclone.sh in 2.02.46 (should work fine with plenty of earlier versions too). NAME vgimportclone - import and rename duplicated volume group (e.g. a hardware snapshot) SYNOPSIS vgimportclone [-n|--basevgname VolumeGroupName] [-i|--import] Physi- calVolume [PhysicalVolume...] DESCRIPTION vgimportclone is used to import a duplicated VG (e.g. hardware snap- shot). 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. ... Alasdair _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/