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| -rw-r--r-- | man/lvconvert.8.in | 15 | ||||
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diff --git a/man/lvconvert.8.in b/man/lvconvert.8.in index b8fe27d1..879064b7 100644 --- a/man/lvconvert.8.in +++ b/man/lvconvert.8.in @@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ LogicalVolume[Path] [PhysicalVolume[Path]...] 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. +.br +If the conversion requires allocation of physical extents (for +example, when converting from linear to mirror) and you specify +one or more PhysicalVolumes (optionally with ranges of physical +extents), allocation of physical extents will be restricted to +these physical extents. If the conversion frees physical extents +(for example, when converting from a mirror to a linear, or reducing +mirror legs) and you specify one or more PhysicalVolumes, +the freed extents come first from the specified PhysicalVolumes. .SH OPTIONS See \fBlvm\fP for common options. .br @@ -131,6 +140,12 @@ converts logical volume "vg00/lvol2" to snapshot of original volume "vg00/lvol1" converts linear logical volume "vg00/lvol1" to a two-way mirror, using physical extents /dev/sda:0-15 and /dev/sdb:0-15 for allocation of new extents. +.br +"lvconvert -m0 vg00/lvmirror1 /dev/sda +.br +converts mirror logical volume "vg00/lvmirror1" to linear, freeing physical +extents from /dev/sda. + .SH SEE ALSO .BR lvm (8), .BR vgcreate (8), diff --git a/man/lvcreate.8.in b/man/lvcreate.8.in index ded98f9a..5041eab8 100644 --- a/man/lvcreate.8.in +++ b/man/lvcreate.8.in @@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ the volume group can be extended ( see ) with other physical volumes or by reducing existing logical volumes of this volume group in size ( see .B lvreduce(8) -). +). If you specify one or more PhysicalVolumes, allocation of physical +extents will be restricted to these volumes. +.br .br The second form supports the creation of snapshot logical volumes which keep the contents of the original logical volume for backup purposes. |