.TH LVCONVERT 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Red Hat, Inc" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
lvconvert \- convert a logical volume from linear to mirror or snapshot
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lvconvert
\-m/\-\-mirrors Mirrors [\-\-mirrorlog {disk|core}] [\-\-corelog] [\-R/\-\-regionsize MirrorLogRegionSize]
[\-A/\-\-alloc AllocationPolicy]
[\-b/\-\-background] [\-i/\-\-interval Seconds]
[\-h/\-?/\-\-help]
[\-v/\-\-verbose]
[\-\-version]
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LogicalVolume[Path] [PhysicalVolume[Path]...]
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.B lvconvert
\-s/\-\-snapshot [\-c/\-\-chunksize ChunkSize]
[\-h/\-?/\-\-help]
[\-v/\-\-verbose]
[\-Z/\-\-zero y/n]
[\-\-version]
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OriginalLogicalVolume[Path] SnapshotLogicalVolume[Path]
.SH DESCRIPTION
lvconvert will change a linear logical volume to a mirror
logical volume or to a snapshot of linear volume and vice versa.
It is also used to add and remove disk logs from mirror devices.
.SH OPTIONS
See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
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Exactly one of \-\-mirrors or \-\-snapshot arguments required.
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.I \-m, \-\-mirrors Mirrors
Specifies the degree of the mirror you wish to create.
For example, "-m 1" would convert the original logical
volume to a mirror volume with 2-sides; that is, a
linear volume plus one copy.
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.I \-\-mirrorlog {disk|core}
Specifies the type of log to use.
The default is disk, which is persistent and requires
a small amount of storage space, usually on a separate device
from the data being mirrored. 
Core may be useful for short-lived mirrors: It means the mirror is
regenerated by copying the data from the first device again every
time the device is activated - perhaps, for example, after every reboot.
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.I \-\-corelog
The optional argument "--corelog" is the same as specifying "--mirrorlog core".
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.I \-R, \-\-regionsize MirrorLogRegionSize
A mirror is divided into regions of this size (in MB), and the mirror log
uses this granularity to track which regions are in sync.
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.I \-b, \-\-background
Run the daemon in the background.
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.I \-i, \-\-interval Seconds
Report progress as a percentage at regular intervals.
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.I \-s, \-\-snapshot
Create a snapshot from existing logical volume using another
existing logical volume as its origin.
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.I \-c, \-\-chunksize ChunkSize
Power of 2 chunk size for the snapshot logical volume between 4k and 512k.
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.I \-Z, \-\-zero y/n
Controls zeroing of the first KB of data in the snapshot.
If the volume is read-only the snapshot will not be zeroed.
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.SH Examples
"lvconvert -m1 vg00/lvol1"
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converts the linear logical volume "vg00/lvol1" to
a two-way mirror logical volume.

"lvconvert --mirrorlog core vg00/lvol1"
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converts a mirror with a disk log to a
mirror with an in-memory log.

"lvconvert --mirrorlog disk vg00/lvol1"
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converts a mirror with an in-memory log
to a mirror with a disk log.

"lvconvert -m0 vg00/lvol1"
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converts a mirror logical volume to a linear logical
volume.
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"lvconvert -s vg00/lvol1 vg00/lvol2"
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converts logical volume "vg00/lvol2" to snapshot of original volume "vg00/lvol1"

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8),
.BR vgcreate (8),
.BR lvremove (8),
.BR lvrename (8),
.BR lvextend (8),
.BR lvreduce (8),
.BR lvdisplay (8),
.BR lvscan (8)