VGCONVERT(8)VGCONVERT(8)NAMEvgconvert - Change volume group metadata format
SYNOPSISvgconvert position_args
[ option_args ]
DESCRIPTIONvgconvert converts VG metadata from one format to another. The new
metadata format must be able to fit into the space provided by the old
format.
Because the LVM1 format should no longer be used, this command is no
longer needed in general.
USAGEvgconvert VG ...
[ -f|--force ]
[ -M|--metadatatype lvm2|lvm1 ]
[ --labelsector Number ]
[ --bootloaderareasize Size[m|UNIT] ]
[ --pvmetadatacopies 0|1|2 ]
[ --metadatasize Size[m|UNIT] ]
[ --reportformat basic|json ]
[ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
Common options for lvm:
[ -d|--debug ]
[ -h|--help ]
[ -q|--quiet ]
[ -t|--test ]
[ -v|--verbose ]
[ -y|--yes ]
[ --commandprofile String ]
[ --config String ]
[ --driverloaded y|n ]
[ --longhelp ]
[ --profile String ]
[ --version ]
OPTIONS--bootloaderareasize Size[m|UNIT]
Create a separate bootloader area of specified size besides PV's
data area. The bootloader area is an area of reserved space on
the PV from which LVM will not allocate any extents and it's
kept untouched. This is primarily aimed for use with bootloaders
to embed their own data or metadata. The start of the boot‐
loader area is always aligned, see also --dataalignment and
--dataalignmentoffset. The bootloader area size may eventually
end up increased due to the alignment, but it's never less than
the size that is requested. To see the bootloader area start and
size of an existing PV use pvs -o +pv_ba_start,pv_ba_size.
--commandprofile String
The command profile to use for command configuration. See
lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
--config String
Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf set‐
tings. The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may
use section/field syntax. See lvm.conf(5) for more information
about config.
-d|--debug ...
Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail
of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).
--driverloaded y|n
If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.
For testing and debugging.
-f|--force ...
Override various checks, confirmations and protections. Use
with extreme caution.
-h|--help
Display help text.
--labelsector Number
By default the PV is labelled with an LVM2 identifier in its
second sector (sector 1). This lets you use a different sector
near the start of the disk (between 0 and 3 inclusive - see
LABEL_SCAN_SECTORS in the source). Use with care.
--longhelp
Display long help text.
--metadatasize Size[m|UNIT]
The approximate amount of space used for each VG metadata area.
The size may be rounded.
-M|--metadatatype lvm2|lvm1
Specifies the type of on-disk metadata to use. lvm2 (or just 2)
is the current, standard format. lvm1 (or just 1) is a histori‐
cal format that can be used for accessing old data.
--profile String
An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on
the command.
--pvmetadatacopies 0|1|2
The number of metadata areas to set aside on a PV for storing VG
metadata. When 2, one copy of the VG metadata is stored at the
front of the PV and a second copy is stored at the end. When 1,
one copy of the VG metadata is stored at the front of the PV
(starting in the 5th sector). When 0, no copies of the VG meta‐
data are stored on the given PV. This may be useful in VGs con‐
taining many PVs (this places limitations on the ability to use
vgsplit later.)
-q|--quiet ...
Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --ver‐
bose. Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer
'no'.
--reportformat basic|json
Overrides current output format for reports which is defined
globally by the report/output_format setting in lvm.conf. basic
is the original format with columns and rows. If there is more
than one report per command, each report is prefixed with the
report name for identification. json produces report output in
JSON format. See lvmreport(7) for more information.
-t|--test
Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata. This is
implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless
returning success to the calling function. This may lead to
unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool
relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but
hasn't.
-v|--verbose ...
Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the
detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
--version
Display version information.
-y|--yes
Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume
the answer yes. Use with extreme caution. (For automatic no,
see -qq.)
VARIABLES
VG
Volume Group name. See lvm(8) for valid names.
String
See the option description for information about the string con‐
tent.
Size[UNIT]
Size is an input number that accepts an optional unit. Input
units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capi‐
talization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024. The default
input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT. UNIT rep‐
resents other possible input units: bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE. b|B is
bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is kilobytes, m|M is
megabytes, g|G is gigabytes, t|T is terabytes, p|P is petabytes,
e|E is exabytes. (This should not be confused with the output
control --units, where capital letters mean multiple of 1000.)
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See lvm(8) for information about environment variables used by lvm.
For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG
parameter.
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clone(8)vgmerge(8)vgmknodes(8)vgreduce(8)vgremove(8)vgrename(8)vgs(8)vgscan(8)vgsplit(8)lvcreate(8)lvchange(8)lvconvert(8)lvdisplay(8)lvextend(8) lvre‐
duce(8)lvremove(8)lvrename(8)lvresize(8)lvs(8)lvscan(8)lvm-fullreport(8)lvm-lvpoll(8)lvm2-activation-generator(8) blkdeacti‐
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