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Description of problem:

If the user moves the storage containing a VDO volume to another system or copies an existing VDO volume to another drive, there is no way currently to add those volumes into VDO manager for management.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a vdo volume.
2. dd volume from one drive to another

Actual results:

No way to add new volume to vdo manager without hand editing config file

Expected results:

Provide a command to import the new volume into vdo manager, similar to lvm command vgimportclone.

Additional info:

Mass migration to Filip.

Verified with vdo-6.2.2.117-13.el8.

# vdo import --name vdocpy --device /dev/sdb1
Importing VDO vdocpy
Starting VDO vdocpy
Starting compression on VDO vdocpy
VDO instance 2 volume is ready at /dev/mapper/vdocpy

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:1782