man/vgmerge.8.in

   1 .TH VGMERGE 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
   2 .SH NAME
   3 vgmerge \- merge two volume groups
   4 .SH SYNOPSIS
   5 .B vgmerge
   6 .RB [ \-A | \-\-autobackup
   7 .RI { y | n }]
   8 .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
   9 .RB [ \-h | \-? | \-\-help ]
  10 .RB [ \-l | \-\-list ]
  11 .RB [ \-t | \-\-test ]
  12 .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
  13 .I DestinationVolumeGroupName
  14 .I SourceVolumeGroupName
  15 .SH DESCRIPTION
  16 vgmerge merges two existing volume groups. The inactive
  17 \fISourceVolumeGroupName\fP will be merged into
  18 the \fIDestinationVolumeGroupName\fP if physical extent sizes
  19 are equal and physical and logical volume summaries of both volume groups
  20 fit into \fIDestinationVolumeGroupName\fP's limits.
  21 .SH OPTIONS
  22 See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options.
  23 .TP
  24 .BR \-l ", " \-\-list
  25 Display merged \fIDestinationVolumeGroupName\fP like \fBvgdisplay -v\fP.
  26 .TP
  27 .BR \-t ", " \-\-test
  28 Do a test run WITHOUT making any real changes.
  29 .SH Examples
  30 Merge the inactive volume group named "my_vg"
  31 into the active or inactive volume group named "databases" giving verbose
  32 runtime information:
  33 .sp
  34 .B vgmerge -v databases my_vg
  35 .SH SEE ALSO
  36 .BR lvm (8),
  37 .BR vgcreate (8),
  38 .BR vgextend (8),
  39 .BR vgreduce (8)