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diff --git a/man/vgimportclone.8.in b/man/vgimportclone.8.in index 7b84df4d..52ff079a 100644 --- a/man/vgimportclone.8.in +++ b/man/vgimportclone.8.in @@ -3,55 +3,44 @@ vgimportclone \- import and rename duplicated volume group (e.g. a hardware snapshot) .SH SYNOPSIS .B vgimportclone -[\-n|\-\-basevgname VolumeGroupName] -[\-i|\-\-import] -PhysicalVolume [PhysicalVolume...] +.RB [ \-n | \-\-basevgname +.IR VolumeGroupName ] +.RB [ \-i | \-\-import ] +.I PhysicalVolume +.RI [ PhysicalVolume ...] .SH DESCRIPTION -.B vgimportclone -is used to import a duplicated VG (e.g. hardware snapshot). Duplicate VG(s) -and PV(s) are not able to be used until they are made to coexist with -the origin VG(s) and PV(s). -.B vgimportclone -renames the VG associated with the specified PV(s) and changes the -associated VG and PV UUIDs. +vgimportclone is used to import a duplicated VG (e.g. hardware snapshot). +Duplicate VG(s) and PV(s) are not able to be used until they are made +to coexist with the origin VG(s) and PV(s). +vgimportclone renames the VG associated with the specified PV(s) and +changes the associated VG and PV UUIDs. .SH OPTIONS -See \fBlvm\fP for common options. +See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options. .TP -.I \-n|\-\-basevgname VolumeGroupName +.BR \-n ", " \-\-basevgname " " \fIVolumeGroupName By default the snapshot VG will be renamed to the original name plus a numeric suffix to avoid duplicate naming (e.g. 'test_vg' would be renamed to 'test_vg1'). This option will override the base VG name that is used for all VG renames. If a VG already exists with the specified name a numeric suffix will be added (like the previous example) to make it unique. .TP -.I \-i|\-\-import +.BR \-i ", " \-\-import Import exported Volume Groups. Otherwise VGs that have been exported will not be changed (nor will their associated PVs). .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES .TP -\fBLVM_BINARY\fP -The LVM2 binary to use. -Defaults to "lvm". -.SH EXAMPLES -The origin VG -.B vg00 -has origin PVs -.BR /dev/sda " and " /dev/sdb -and the respective snapshot PVs are -.BR /dev/sdc " and " /dev/sdd "." -To rename the VG -associated with -.BR /dev/sdc " and " /dev/sdd -from -.B vg00 -to -.B vg00_snap +.B LVM_BINARY +The LVM2 binary to use. Defaults to "lvm". +.SH Examples +The origin VG "vg00" has origin PVs "/dev/sda" and "/dev/sdb" +and the respective snapshot PVs are "/dev/sdc" and "/dev/sdd". +To rename the VG associated with "/dev/sdc" and "/dev/sdd" +from "vg00" to "vg00_snap" (and to change associated VG and PV UUIDs) do: -.nf - -\ vgimportclone --basevgname vg00_snap /dev/sdc /dev/sdd +.sp +.B vgimportclone --basevgname vg00_snap /dev/sdc /dev/sdd -.fi .SH SEE ALSO -.BR lvm (8) +.BR lvm (8), +.BR vgrename (8) |