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



NAME
       vgmerge -- merge two volume groups

SYNOPSIS
       vgmerge	  [-A|--autobackup   {y|n}]   [--commandprofile	  ProfileName]
       [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [-l|--list] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] Des-
       tinationVolumeGroupName SourceVolumeGroupName

DESCRIPTION
       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.

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



Sistina Software UKLVM TOOLS 2.02.166(2)-RHEL7 (2016-11-16)	    VGMERGE(8)