From: jbrassow@sourceware.org <jbrassow@sourceware.org>
To: lvm-devel@redhat.com
Subject: LVM2/man lvconvert.8.in lvcreate.8.in
Date: 25 Oct 2011 13:24:24 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111025132424.18003.qmail@sourceware.org> (raw)
CVSROOT: /cvs/lvm2
Module name: LVM2
Changes by: jbrassow at sourceware.org 2011-10-25 13:24:23
Modified files:
man : lvconvert.8.in lvcreate.8.in
Log message:
Update lvconvert man page to describe '--type <segtype>' argument
Man page changes were not included when the ability to convert from
"mirror" -> "raid1" or "linear" -> "raid1" were made.
Patches:
http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/lvconvert.8.in.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.22&r2=1.23
http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/lvcreate.8.in.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.25&r2=1.26
--- LVM2/man/lvconvert.8.in 2011/08/19 17:36:13 1.22
+++ LVM2/man/lvconvert.8.in 2011/10/25 13:24:23 1.23
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lvconvert
\-m|\-\-mirrors Mirrors [\-\-mirrorlog {disk|core|mirrored}] [\-\-corelog] [\-R|\-\-regionsize MirrorLogRegionSize]
+[\-\-type SegmentType]
[\-A|\-\-alloc AllocationPolicy]
[\-b|\-\-background] [\-f|\-\-force] [\-i|\-\-interval Seconds]
[\-h|\-?|\-\-help]
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
[\-v|\-\-verbose]
[\-\-version]
LogicalVolume[Path] [PhysicalVolume[Path]...]
+
.SH DESCRIPTION
lvconvert is used to change the segment type (i.e. linear, mirror, etc) or
characteristics of a logical volume. For example, it can add or remove the
@@ -94,6 +96,11 @@
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.
.TP
+.I \-\-type SegmentType
+Used to convert a logical volume to another segment type or to explicitly state
+the desired RAID1 segment type ("mirror" or "raid1") when converting a linear
+logical volume to a mirror with the '-m' argument.
+.TP
.I \-b, \-\-background
Run the daemon in the background.
.TP
@@ -179,6 +186,12 @@
.br
converts the linear logical volume "vg00/lvol1" to
a two-way mirror logical volume.
+.br
+.SH Examples
+"lvconvert --type raid1 -m1 vg00/lvol1"
+.br
+converts the linear logical volume "vg00/lvol1" to a two-way RAID1
+logical volume.
"lvconvert --mirrorlog core vg00/lvol1"
.br
@@ -195,6 +208,11 @@
converts a mirror logical volume to a linear logical
volume.
.br
+"lvconvert --type raid1 vg00/mirror_lv"
+.br
+converts a mirror logical volume to a RAID1 logical volume with the same
+number of images.
+.br
.br
"lvconvert -s vg00/lvol1 vg00/lvol2"
--- LVM2/man/lvcreate.8.in 2011/10/21 09:55:07 1.25
+++ LVM2/man/lvcreate.8.in 2011/10/25 13:24:23 1.26
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
commandline switch alias that will enable their use (-s is an alias for
--type snapshot). However, this argument must be used when no existing
commandline switch alias is available for the desired type, as is the case
-with "error", "zero", "raid4", "raid5", or "raid6".
+with "error", "zero", "raid1", "raid4", "raid5", or "raid6".
.TP
.BR \-V ", " \-\-virtualsize " " \fIVirtualSize
Create a sparse device of the given size (in MB by default) using a snapshot.
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