2004-12-09 19:58:31 +03:00
.TH VGSPLIT 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
2003-11-14 19:17:55 +03:00
.SH NAME
vgsplit \- split a volume group into two
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vgsplit
2008-01-15 00:07:58 +03:00
.RB [ \- \- alloc
.IR AllocationPolicy ]
.RB [ \- A | \- \- autobackup " {" y | n }]
.RB [ \- c | \- \- clustered " {" y | n }]
.RB [ \- d | \- \- debug ]
.RB [ \- h | \- \- help ]
2008-01-16 20:14:56 +03:00
.RB [ \- l | \- \- maxlogicalvolumes
2008-01-15 00:07:58 +03:00
.IR MaxLogicalVolumes ]
.RB [ -M | \- \- metadatatype
.IR type ]
.RB [ -p | \- \- maxphysicalvolumes
.IR MaxPhysicalVolumes ]
.RB [ \- s | \- \- physicalextentsize
.IR PhysicalExtentSize [ \fB kKmMgGtT\fR ]]
.RB [ \- t | \- \- test ]
.RB [ \- v | \- \- verbose ]
2008-01-12 00:43:16 +03:00
SourceVolumeGroupName DestinationVolumeGroupName
2003-11-14 19:17:55 +03:00
PhysicalVolumePath [PhysicalVolumePath...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B vgsplit
2008-01-12 00:43:16 +03:00
moves
2003-11-14 19:17:55 +03:00
.IR PhysicalVolumePath (s)
from
2008-01-12 00:43:16 +03:00
.I SourceVolumeGroupName
into
.I DestinationVolumeGroupName\fP.
If
.I DestinationVolumeGroupName
does not exist, it will be created.
2003-11-14 19:17:55 +03:00
Logical Volumes cannot be split between Volume Groups.
2008-01-12 00:43:16 +03:00
Each existing Logical Volume must be entirely on the Physical Volumes forming
either the source or the destination Volume Group.
2003-11-14 19:17:55 +03:00
.SH OPTIONS
See \fB lvm\fP for common options.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8),
.BR vgcreate (8),
.BR vgextend (8),
.BR vgreduce (8),
.BR vgmerge (8)