man/vgconvert.8.in

   1 .TH VGCONVERT 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
   2 .SH NAME
   3 vgconvert \- convert volume group metadata format
   4 .SH SYNOPSIS
   5 .B vgconvert
   6 .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
   7 .RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
   8 .RB [ \-t | \-\-test ]
   9 .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
  10 .RB [ \-\-labelsector ]
  11 .RB [ \-M | \-\-metadatatype
  12 .IR type ]
  13 .RB [ \-\-pvmetadatacopies
  14 .IR NumberOfCopies ]
  15 .RB [ \-\-metadatasize
  16 .IR size ]
  17 .RB [ \-\-version ]
  18 .I VolumeGroupName
  19 .RI [ VolumeGroupName ...]
  20 .SH DESCRIPTION
  21 vgconvert converts
  22 .I VolumeGroupName
  23 metadata from one format to another provided that the metadata
  24 fits into the same space.
  25 .SH OPTIONS
  26 See \fBlvm\fP(8) and \fBpvcreate\fP(8) for options.
  27 .SH Examples
  28 Convert volume group vg1 from LVM1 metadata format to the new LVM2
  29 metadata format.
  30 .sp
  31 .B vgconvert \-M2 vg1
  32 .SH RECOVERY
  33 Use \fBpvscan\fP(8) to see which PVs lost their metadata.
  34 Run \fBpvcreate\fP(8) with the \fB\-\-uuid\fP and \fB\-\-restorefile\fP
  35 options on each such PV to reformat it as it was, using the archive
  36 file that \fBvgconvert\fP(8) created at the start of the procedure.
  37 Finally run \fBvgcfgrestore\fP(8) with that archive file to restore
  38 the original metadata.
  39 .SH SEE ALSO
  40 .BR lvm (8),
  41 .BR pvcreate (8),
  42 .BR vgcfgrestore (8)