VGMERGE(8) VGMERGE(8)
vgmerge - merge two volume groups
vgmerge [-A/--autobackup y/n] [-d/--debug] [-h/-?/--help] [-l/--list]
[-t/--test] [-v/--verbose] DestinationVolumeGroupName SourceVol-
umeGroupName
vgmerge merges two existing volume groups. The inactive SourceVol-
umeGroupName will be merged into the DestinationVolumeGroupName if
physical extent sizes are equal and physical and logical volume sum-
maries of both volume groups fit into DestinationVolumeGroupName's lim-
its.
See lvm for common options. -l, --list Display merged DestinationVol-
umeGroupName like "vgdisplay -v".
-t, --test
Do a test run WITHOUT making any real changes.
"vgmerge -v databases my_vg" merges the inactive volume group named
"my_vg" into the active or inactive volume group named "databases" giv-
ing verbose runtime information.
lvm(8), vgcreate(8), vgextend(8), vgreduce(8)
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