Air Cleaner User Manual

mkvginfo
Purpose
Generates information needed in recreating volume groups and logical volumes
from backups.
Syntax
 mkvginfo
-f
-M
-o ″filename″
-v VGname -l LVname 
Description
The mkvginfo command is automatically executed by each SysBack backup
command that stores LVM information on the backup. This information contains
the volume group, logical volume, filesytem, and physical volume attributes that
can be later used to recreate any of the preceding from the backup media.
The arguments supplied to the command and the resulting output depend on the
type of backup performed. This command sends the results to standard output
(stdout) by default, unless the -o filename option is specified.
This command generates LVM information for either a list of volume groups, if the
-v VGnames option is specified, or for a list of logical volumes if the -l LVnames
option is specified. If the logical volumes contain filesystems, the filesystem
attributes are recorded as well.
The output contains a label, indicating the record type, followed by the attributes
for the particular label. The contents of the /etc/filesystems file, for the logical
volumes involved, are appended to the end of the file.
The information contained in the output is as follows:
System Information (one of each of the following):
TYPE Backup type (VG, LV, SYSTEM, POWER)
VERSION Version and Release of AIX (such as “4.1”)
PLATFORM Platform Type (such as rs6k)
KERNEL Kernel Type (up/mp)
SBVER SysBack Version, Release and Modification Level
(such as 040101)
Table of contents (one record, indicates volume group data, if any, included on
backup):
TOC Static Header
vgname(s) List of volume groups (separated by spaces)
x Static Trailer
Physical Volumes (one record for each):
PV Static Header
PVid Physical volume ID
Physical Volumes (one record for each):
Appendix A. Commands A-49