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NAME

       vgmerge — merge two volume groups

SYNOPSIS

       vgmerge  [-A|--autobackup  {y|n}]  [--commandprofile ProfileName] [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [-l|--list]
       [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] DestinationVolumeGroupName SourceVolumeGroupName

DESCRIPTION

       vgmerge merges two existing volume groups. The inactive SourceVolumeGroupName will  be  merged  into  the
       DestinationVolumeGroupName  if  physical extent sizes are equal and physical and logical volume summaries
       of both volume groups fit into DestinationVolumeGroupName's limits.

OPTIONS

       See lvm(8) for common options.

       -l, --list
              Display merged DestinationVolumeGroupName like vgdisplay -v.

       -t, --test
              Do a test run WITHOUT making any real changes.

Examples

       Merge the inactive volume group named "my_vg" into the active or inactive volume group named  "databases"
       giving verbose runtime information:

       vgmerge -v databases my_vg

SEE ALSO

       lvm(8), vgcreate(8), vgextend(8), vgreduce(8)