bsd man page for 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 for common options.  -l, --list Display merged DestinationVolumeGroupName like "vgdisplay -v".

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

Examples
       "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.

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

Sistina Software UK					 LVM TOOLS 2.02.95(2) (2012-03-06)						VGMERGE(8)