From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30766 invoked by alias); 17 Jan 2008 03:18:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 30752 invoked by uid 9657); 17 Jan 2008 03:18:18 -0000 Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:18:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20080117031818.30750.qmail@sourceware.org> From: wysochanski@sourceware.org To: lvm-devel@redhat.com, lvm2-cvs@sourceware.org Subject: LVM2/man vgsplit.8 Mailing-List: contact lvm2-cvs-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: lvm2-cvs-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-01/txt/msg00046.txt.bz2 CVSROOT: /cvs/lvm2 Module name: LVM2 Changes by: wysochanski@sourceware.org 2008-01-17 03:18:18 Modified files: man : vgsplit.8 Log message: Fixup vgsplit man page Patches: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/vgsplit.8.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.5&r2=1.6 --- LVM2/man/vgsplit.8 2008/01/16 17:14:56 1.5 +++ LVM2/man/vgsplit.8 2008/01/17 03:18:18 1.6 @@ -29,9 +29,24 @@ .I SourceVolumeGroupName into .I DestinationVolumeGroupName\fP. + If .I DestinationVolumeGroupName -does not exist, it will be created. +does not exist, a new volume group will be created. The default attributes +for the new volume group can be specified with \fB\-\-alloc\fR, +\fB\-\-clustered\fR, \fB\-\-maxlogicalvolumes\fR, \fB\-\-metadatatype\fR, +\fB\-\-maxphysicalvolumes\fR, and \fB\-\-physicalextentsize\fR +(see \fBvgcreate(8)\fR for a description of these options). +If any of these options are not given, the default attribute(s) are taken +from +.I SourceVolumeGroupName\fP. + +If +.I DestinationVolumeGroupName +does exist, it will be checked for compatibility with +.I SourceVolumeGroupName +before the physical volumes are moved. + Logical Volumes cannot be split between Volume Groups. Each existing Logical Volume must be entirely on the Physical Volumes forming either the source or the destination Volume Group.