I want to backup LVM volumes to another volume group. Is this possible?
sudo lvcreate -s /dev/$VG/$LV -n $SNAP_NAME $VS 2>>$LOG
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Best Answer
In short: no, you can't. Snapshots must reside on the same volume group as the original volume. See here and here for more details.