| .TH VGMERGE 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*- |
| .SH NAME |
| vgmerge \(em merge two volume groups |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B vgmerge |
| .RB [ \-A | \-\-autobackup |
| .RI { y | n }] |
| .RB [ \-\-commandprofile |
| .IR ProfileName ] |
| .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ] |
| .RB [ \-h | \-? | \-\-help ] |
| .RB [ \-l | \-\-list ] |
| .RB [ \-t | \-\-test ] |
| .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ] |
| .I DestinationVolumeGroupName |
| .I SourceVolumeGroupName |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| vgmerge merges two existing volume groups. The inactive |
| \fISourceVolumeGroupName\fP will be merged into |
| the \fIDestinationVolumeGroupName\fP if physical extent sizes |
| are equal and physical and logical volume summaries of both volume groups |
| fit into \fIDestinationVolumeGroupName\fP's limits. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-l ", " \-\-list |
| Display merged \fIDestinationVolumeGroupName\fP like \fBvgdisplay \-v\fP. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-t ", " \-\-test |
| Do a test run WITHOUT making any real changes. |
| .SH Examples |
| Merge the inactive volume group named "my_vg" |
| into the active or inactive volume group named "databases" giving verbose |
| runtime information: |
| .sp |
| .B vgmerge \-v databases my_vg |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR lvm (8), |
| .BR vgcreate (8), |
| .BR vgextend (8), |
| .BR vgreduce (8) |
