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vgmerge

VGMERGE(8)						      System Manager's Manual							VGMERGE(8)

NAME

       vgmerge - merge two volume groups

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       vgmerge merges two existing volume groups. The inactive SourceVolumeGroupName will be merged into the DestinationVolumeGroupName if  physi-
       cal 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 informa-
       tion:

       vgmerge -v databases my_vg

SEE ALSO

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

Sistina Software UK				     LVM TOOLS 2.02.105(2)-RHEL7 (2014-03-26)						VGMERGE(8)

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