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vgmerge \- merge two volume groups
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vgmerge
-[\-A|\-\-autobackup y|n] [\-d|\-\-debug] [\-h|\-?|\-\-help] [\-l|\-\-list]
-[\-t|\-\-test] [\-v|\-\-verbose] DestinationVolumeGroupName
-SourceVolumeGroupName
+.RB [ \-A | \-\-autobackup
+.RI { y | n }]
+.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
+.RB [ \-h | \-? | \-\-help ]
+.RB [ \-l | \-\-list ]
+.RB [ \-t | \-\-test ]
+.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
+.I DestinationVolumeGroupName
+.I SourceVolumeGroupName
.SH DESCRIPTION
-vgmerge merges two existing volume groups. The inactive SourceVolumeGroupName
-will be merged into the DestinationVolumeGroupName if physical extent sizes
+vgmerge merges two existing volume groups. The inactive
+\fISourceVolumeGroupName\fP will be merged into
+the \fIDestinationVolumeGroupName\fP if physical extent sizes
are equal and physical and logical volume summaries of both volume groups
-fit into DestinationVolumeGroupName's limits.
+fit into \fIDestinationVolumeGroupName\fP's limits.
.SH OPTIONS
-See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
-.I \-l, \-\-list
-Display merged DestinationVolumeGroupName like "vgdisplay -v".
+See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options.
+.TP
+.BR \-l ", " \-\-list
+Display merged \fIDestinationVolumeGroupName\fP like \fBvgdisplay -v\fP.
.TP
-.I \-t, \-\-test
+.BR \-t ", " \-\-test
Do a test run WITHOUT making any real changes.
.SH Examples
-"vgmerge -v databases my_vg" merges the inactive volume group named "my_vg"
+Merge the inactive volume group named "my_vg"
into the active or inactive volume group named "databases" giving verbose
-runtime information.
+runtime information:
+.sp
+.B vgmerge -v databases my_vg
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8),
.BR vgcreate (8),