vgexport

[Nobody's Hero]

Im trying to export my volume groups in case I need the map for an emergency import. I get the following error from the following command. I have the file systems unmounted.

vgexport -p -s -m /home/rmenefee/vg01.map /dev/vg01
vgexport: Volume group "/dev/vg01" is still active.

[John Poff · Accepted solution]

Hi Robert,

That message is normal. You should now have a map file named vg01.map that has your VGID and entries for your lvols. The message is just part of the vgexport machinery warning you that you are running the command against a volume group that is still active.

JP

[Marco Santerre]

As John mentionned, this is a normal message. You get this message by using the -p option which previews the vgexport actions without doing anything, hence the message that the vg is still active after the vgexport command. Your mapfile should be created after the end of your vgexport command.

[Pete Randall]

Sorry, Robert, I guess I could have warned you when I gave you the command. Oh well, not to worry. And you don't have to have the filesystems unmounted with the -p option, either.

Pete

[John Poff]

Robert,

You had better be careful taking advice from that Pete Randall guy. You have to take his advice with a grain of sand, uh, I mean salt.

;)

JP