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LVM2/man lvconvert.8.in lvcreate.8.in
- From: wysochanski at sourceware dot org
- To: lvm-devel at redhat dot com, lvm2-cvs at sourceware dot org
- Date: 26 Oct 2009 13:41:13 -0000
- Subject: LVM2/man lvconvert.8.in lvcreate.8.in
CVSROOT: /cvs/lvm2
Module name: LVM2
Changes by: wysochanski@sourceware.org 2009-10-26 13:41:13
Modified files:
man : lvconvert.8.in lvcreate.8.in
Log message:
Update lvcreate/lvconvert man pages to explain PhysicalVolume parameter.
Addresses rhbz 500177.
Patches:
http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/lvconvert.8.in.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.8&r2=1.9
http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/lvcreate.8.in.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.11&r2=1.12
--- LVM2/man/lvconvert.8.in 2009/08/10 17:23:04 1.8
+++ LVM2/man/lvconvert.8.in 2009/10/26 13:41:13 1.9
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@
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 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),
--- LVM2/man/lvcreate.8.in 2009/09/29 15:11:06 1.11
+++ LVM2/man/lvcreate.8.in 2009/10/26 13:41:13 1.12
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
) 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.