the savevg is an aix command and should be part of the AIX os. Review the
man pages.

touch a file in /etc:  touch /etc/exclude.vgname (the file contains only /*)
savevg -ievf /dev/rmtx vgname
        or
savevg -ievf filename vgname (save to a directory in rootvg)

at dr site restore savevg

restvg -q -f filename hdiskx ( This will restore the vg and lv's)
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savevg Command
savevg Command



Purpose



Finds and backs up all files belonging to a specified volume group.



Syntax



savevg [ -b Blocks ] [ -e ] [ -f Device ] [ -i | -m ] [ -p ] [ -v ] [ -X ]
VGName


Description



    Attention: The savevg command will not generate a bootable tape if the
volume
    group is the root volume group.



The savevg command finds and backs up all files belonging to a specified
volume
group. A volume group must be varied-on, and the file systems must be
mounted.