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From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Importing a VG with existing name
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On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 01:33:13PM +0200, Oliver Tennert wrote:
> can anybody tell me what the best way is to import a volume group, when the 
> vg's name already exists in the system?
 
Version 2.02.05 lets you rename it by giving its uuid to vgrename
in place of its name.

Prior to that you can set up a one-off lvm.conf file with filters that
exclude everything except the disk(s) being imported and use the
LVM_SYSTEM_DIR environment variable to point lvm at the temporary
configuration file.

Alasdair
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