lvconvert

linux

Convert or modify the type, redundancy, or state of logical volumes.

Options (1)

-m, --mirrorsboolean

Convert a linear logical volume to RAID1 (add one mirror: two copies total)

Example: sudo lvconvert --type raid1 {{[-m|--mirrors]}} 1 {{/dev/vg_name/lv_name}}

Convert a linear logical volume to RAID1 (add one mirror: two copies total)

sudo lvconvert --type raid1 [-m|--mirrors] 1 /dev/vg_name/lv_name

Remove mirroring and convert back to a linear logical volume

sudo lvconvert [-m|--mirrors] 0 /dev/vg_name/lv_name

Merge a snapshot back into its origin logical volume (applies on next activation)

sudo lvconvert --merge /dev/vg_name/snapshot_lv

Repair a degraded RAID logical volume

sudo lvconvert --repair /dev/vg_name/lv_name

Convert an existing logical volume into a thin pool with a separate metadata LV

sudo lvconvert --type thin-pool --poolmetadata /dev/vg_name/pool_metadata_lv /dev/vg_name/pool_lv