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display indicated by “termdev” (such as /dev/tty0 or /dev/lft0). If the -h
“hostname” option is specified, this flag indicates the display on the remote
host.
-E
Displays the user-interface menus to enable the LVM information to be
changed before the volume groups, logical volumes, or filesystems are created.
-f “device or file”
Tape device, virtual device, or filename containing the backup. If a filename is
specified, the information is read from the file on the disk with the “.TOC”
extension. You need not supply this extension of the filename.
-h “hostname”
Hostname of backup server to which the remote backup device is attached.
-i “sequence”
Indicates the backup sequence number to read. “1” refers to the first backup on
the tape, and so on. The default is “1”. This option can be specified only when
reading from a tape drive or virtual device.
-l Indicates that logical volumes (and filesystems, if applicable) should be created
and that the logical volume list is provided at the end of the command.
-L “LVname”
To recreate a logical volume under a different name, specify the new LVname.
This enables you to recreate the logical volume even if the original still exists
on the system. This flag is applicable only when recreating a logical volume,
and you can only specify one logical volume name to create when using this
flag.
-v Indicates that volume groups should be created and that a list of volume
groups is provided at the end of the command.
-V “VGname”
If creating a single volume group: To recreate the volume group under a
different name, specify the new VGname. This enables the volume group to be
created even though the original still exists.
If creating a logical volume: Indicates the volume group name the logical
volume will be created in. Used to move a logical volume from one volume
group to another.
-q
Specifies that no status messages should be displayed while reading the
information from the backup media.
-n
Specifies that the tape is already positioned at the beginning of the select
volume group (on stacked tapes).
Examples
1. To recreate a volume group from a backup on tape device /dev/rmt0,
previously called uservg, under the new name newuservg:
remakevg -f /dev/rmt0 -v -V newuservg uservg
2. To recreate the lv00 and lv01 logical volumes from a volume group backup
image file on host venus, placing the logical volume in volume group vg01,
type:
remakevg -l -h venus -V vg01 -f \
/usr/lpp/sysback/bf/VG.saturn.12300200 lv00 lv01
A-56 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery: Installation and User’s Guide