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diff --git a/man/vgconvert.8.in b/man/vgconvert.8.in index 14e95f4..95ea41c 100644 --- a/man/vgconvert.8.in +++ b/man/vgconvert.8.in @@ -8,29 +8,32 @@ vgconvert \- convert volume group metadata format .RB [ \-t | \-\-test ] .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ] .RB [ \-\-labelsector ] -.RB [ \-M | \-\-metadatatype type ] -.RB [ \-\-pvmetadatacopies #copies ] -.RB [ \-\-metadatasize size ] +.RB [ \-M | \-\-metadatatype +.IR type ] +.RB [ \-\-pvmetadatacopies +.IR NumberOfCopies ] +.RB [ \-\-metadatasize +.IR size ] .RB [ \-\-version ] -.IR VolumeGroupName " [" VolumeGroupName ...] +.I VolumeGroupName +.RI [ VolumeGroupName ...] .SH DESCRIPTION -.B vgconvert -converts +vgconvert converts .I VolumeGroupName metadata from one format to another provided that the metadata fits into the same space. .SH OPTIONS See \fBlvm\fP(8) and \fBpvcreate\fP(8) for options. -.SH EXAMPLE -Convert volume group vg1 from LVM1 metadata format to the new LVM2 +.SH Examples +Convert volume group vg1 from LVM1 metadata format to the new LVM2 metadata format. .sp -.B vgconvert -M2 vg1 +.B vgconvert \-M2 vg1 .SH RECOVERY Use \fBpvscan\fP(8) to see which PVs lost their metadata. -Run \fBpvcreate\fP(8) with the --uuid and --restorefile options on each -such PV to reformat it as it was, using the archive file that -\fBvgconvert\fP(8) created at the start of the procedure. +Run \fBpvcreate\fP(8) with the \fB\-\-uuid\fP and \fB\-\-restorefile\fP +options on each such PV to reformat it as it was, using the archive +file that \fBvgconvert\fP(8) created at the start of the procedure. Finally run \fBvgcfgrestore\fP(8) with that archive file to restore the original metadata. .SH SEE ALSO |