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.TH LVCONVERT 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Red Hat, Inc" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
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lvconvert \- convert a logical volume from linear to mirror or snapshot
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B lvconvert
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\-m/\-\-mirrors Mirrors [\-\-mirrorlog {disk|core}] [\-\-corelog] [\-R/\-\-regionsize MirrorLogRegionSize]
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[\-A/\-\-alloc AllocationPolicy]
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[\-h/\-?/\-\-help]
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[\-v/\-\-verbose]
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[\-\-version]
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LogicalVolume[Path] [PhysicalVolume[Path]...]
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.B lvconvert
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\-s/\-\-snapshot [\-c/\-\-chunksize ChunkSize]
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[\-h/\-?/\-\-help]
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[\-v/\-\-verbose]
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[\-Z/\-\-zero y/n]
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[\-\-version]
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OriginalLogicalVolume[Path] SnapshotLogicalVolume[Path]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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lvconvert will change a linear logical volume to a mirror
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logical volume or to a snapshot of linear volume and vice versa.
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It is also used to add and remove disk logs from mirror devices.
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.SH OPTIONS
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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
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Specifies the degree of the mirror you wish to create.
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For example, "-m 1" would convert the original logical
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volume to a mirror volume with 2-sides; that is, a
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linear volume plus one copy.
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.I \-\-mirrorlog {disk|core}
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Specifies the type of log to use.
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The default is disk, which is persistent and requires
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a small amount of storage space, usually on a separate device
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from the data being mirrored.
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Core may be useful for short-lived mirrors: It means the mirror is
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regenerated by copying the data from the first device again every
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time the device is activated - perhaps, for example, after every reboot.
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.I \-\-corelog
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The optional argument "--corelog" is the same as specifying "--mirrorlog core".
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.I \-R, \-\-regionsize MirrorLogRegionSize
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A mirror is divided into regions of this size (in MB), and the mirror log
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uses this granularity to track which regions are in sync.
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.I \-s, \-\-snapshot
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Create a snapshot from existing logical volume using another
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existing logical volume as its origin.
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.I \-c, \-\-chunksize ChunkSize
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Power of 2 chunk size for the snapshot logical volume between 4k and 512k.
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.I \-Z, \-\-zero y/n
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Controls zeroing of the first KB of data in the snapshot.
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If the volume is read-only the snapshot will not be zeroed.
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.SH Examples
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"lvconvert -m1 vg00/lvol1"
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converts the linear logical volume "vg00/lvol1" to
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a two-way mirror logical volume.
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"lvconvert --mirrorlog core vg00/lvol1"
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converts a mirror with a disk log to a
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mirror with an in-memory log.
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"lvconvert --mirrorlog disk vg00/lvol1"
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converts a mirror with an in-memory log
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to a mirror with a disk log.
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"lvconvert -m0 vg00/lvol1"
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converts a mirror logical volume to a linear logical
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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"
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR lvm (8),
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.BR vgcreate (8),
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.BR lvremove (8),
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.BR lvrename (8),
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.BR lvextend (8),
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.BR lvreduce (8),
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.BR lvdisplay (8),
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.BR lvscan (8)
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