Re: [linux-lvm] Exporting VG

[Jan Niehusmann <jan gondor com>]

> When you do vgexport, this does not do anything like NFS export (does NOT
> allow network access to the VG).  It allows you to physically move the
> disks to another machine.

Is vgexport/vgimport doing something important? I just moved a harddisk with
a vg to another computer without vgexport/vgimport and didnot notice any 
problems. Or is it only needed if I add a vg to an already running system?

Jan