Ubuntu Manpage: vgmerge - Merge volume groups

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NAME

       vgmerge - Merge volume groups

SYNOPSIS

       vgmerge position_args
           [ option_args ]

DESCRIPTION

       vgmerge  merges two existing VGs. The inactive source VG is merged into the destination VG
       if physical extent sizes are equal and PV and LV  summaries  of  both  VGs  fit  into  the
       destination VG's limits.

USAGE

       vgmerge VG VG
           [ -A|--autobackup y|n ]
           [ -l|--list ]
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]

       Common options for lvm:
           [ -d|--debug ]
           [ -h|--help ]
           [ -q|--quiet ]
           [ -t|--test ]
           [ -v|--verbose ]
           [ -y|--yes ]
           [    --commandprofile String ]
           [    --config String ]
           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
           [    --lockopt String ]
           [    --longhelp ]
           [    --nolocking ]
           [    --profile String ]
           [    --version ]

OPTIONS

-A|--autobackup y|n
Specifies if metadata should be backed up automatically after a change. Enabling
this is strongly advised! See vgcfgbackup(8) for more information.

--commandprofile String
The command profile to use for command configuration. See lvm.conf(5) for more
information about profiles.

--config String
Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf settings. The String arg
uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may use section/field syntax. See lvm.conf(5)
for more information about config.

-d|--debug ...
Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of messages sent
to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).

--driverloaded y|n
If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper. For testing and
debugging.

-h|--help
Display help text.

-l|--list
Display merged destination VG like vgdisplay -v.

--lockopt String
Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd. See lvmlockd(8) for more
information.

--longhelp
Display long help text.

--nolocking
Disable locking.

--profile String
An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command.

-q|--quiet ...
Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose. Repeat once to
also suppress any prompts with answer 'no'.

-t|--test
Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata. This is implemented by
disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless returning success to the calling
function. This may lead to unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a
tool relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't.

-v|--verbose ...
Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent
to stdout and stderr.

--version
Display version information.

-y|--yes
Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes. Use
with extreme caution. (For automatic no, see -qq.)

VARIABLES

       VG
              Volume Group name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.

       String
              See the option description for information about the string content.

       Size[UNIT]
              Size is an input number that accepts an optional  unit.   Input  units  are  always
              treated  as  base  two  values, regardless of capitalization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both
              refer to 1024.  The default input unit is specified by letter, followed  by  |UNIT.
              UNIT represents other possible input units: bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE.  b|B is bytes, s|S is
              sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is KiB, m|M is MiB, g|G is GiB, t|T is TiB, p|P  is  PiB,
              e|E  is  EiB.   (This should not be confused with the output control --units, where
              capital letters mean multiple of 1000.)

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See lvm(8) for  information  about  environment  variables  used  by  lvm.   For  example,
       LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG parameter.

EXAMPLES

       Merge an inactive VG named "vg00" into the active or inactive VG named "databases", giving
       verbose runtime information.
       vgmerge -v databases vg00