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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 20:35:59 +0100
From: Jan Niehusmann <jan@gondor.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Exporting VG
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To: Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolinux.com>
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> When you do vgexport, this does not do anything like NFS export (does NOT
> allow network access to the VG).  It allows you to physically move the
> disks to another machine.

Is vgexport/vgimport doing something important? I just moved a harddisk with
a vg to another computer without vgexport/vgimport and didnot notice any 
problems. Or is it only needed if I add a vg to an already running system?

Jan