[\-\-version]
.br
OriginalLogicalVolume[Path] SnapshotLogicalVolume[Path]
+.br
+.br
+.B lvconvert
+\-\-merge [\-b|\-\-background] [\-i|\-\-interval Seconds]
+[\-h|\-?|\-\-help]
+[\-v|\-\-verbose]
+[\-\-version]
+SnapshotLogicalVolume[Path]
+.br
+
+.br
.B lvconvert
\-\-repair
[\-h|\-?|\-\-help]
.SH OPTIONS
See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
.br
-Exactly one of \-\-splitmirrors, \-\-mirrors, \-\-repair or \-\-snapshot arguments required.
+Exactly one of \-\-splitmirrors, \-\-mirrors, \-\-repair, \-\-snapshot
+or \-\-merge arguments is required.
.br
.TP
.I \-m, \-\-mirrors Mirrors
.I \-Z, \-\-zero y|n
Controls zeroing of the first KB of data in the snapshot.
If the volume is read-only the snapshot will not be zeroed.
+.TP
+.I \-\-merge
+Merges a snapshot into its origin volume. If both the origin and snapshot volume
+are not open the merge will start immediately. Otherwise, the merge will start
+the first time either the origin or snapshot are activated and both are closed.
+Merging a snapshot into an origin that cannot be closed, for example a root
+filesystem, is deferred until the next time the origin volume is activated.
+When merging starts, the resulting logical volume will have the origin's name,
+minor number and UUID. While the merge is in progress, reads or writes to the
+origin appear as they were directed to the snapshot being merged. When the
+merge finishes, the merged snapshot is removed.
.br
converts mirror logical volume "vg00/lvmirror1" to linear, freeing physical
extents from /dev/sda.
+.br
+"lvconvert --merge vg00/lvol1_snap"
+.br
+merges "vg00/lvol1_snap" into its origin.
+
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8),
.BR vgcreate (8),