VGMERGE(8)VGMERGE(8)NAMEvgmerge - merge two volume groups
SYNOPSISvgmerge [-A|--autobackup {y|n}] [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [-l|--list]
[-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] DestinationVolumeGroupName SourceVol‐
umeGroupName
DESCRIPTIONvgmerge 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.
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 inac‐
tive volume group named "databases" giving verbose runtime information:
vgmerge-v databases my_vg
SEE ALSOlvm(8), vgcreate(8), vgextend(8), vgreduce(8)Sistina Software UK LVM TOOLS 2.02.106(2) (2014-04-10) VGMERGE(8)