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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)
