man/vdoimport.8_main | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/vdoimport.8_main diff --git a/man/vdoimport.8_main b/man/vdoimport.8_main new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1f32909 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/vdoimport.8_main @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +.TH "FSADM" "8" "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Red Hat, Inc" "\"" +. +.SH "NAME" +. +vdoimport \(em utility to import VDO volumes into a new volume group. +. +.SH SYNOPSIS +. +.PD 0 +.ad l +.TP 10 +.B vdoimport +.RI [ options ] +.IR device +. +.PD +. +.SH DESCRIPTION +. +vdoimport utility imports VDO volumes created and managed by +.BR vdo (8) +manager into +.BR lvm2 (8) +managed VDO LV. This is realized by moving VDO superblock by 2MiB +and creating lvm2 metadata at the front of this device. The operation is not reversible, +thus after conversion to lvm2 the access to VDO data is only possible with +.BR lvm2 (8) +commands, +.BR vdo (8) +manager no longer control such volume. +. +.SH OPTIONS +. +.TP +.BR -f | --force +Bypass some sanity checks. +. +.TP +.BR -h | --help +Display the help text. +. +.TP +.BR -n | --name +Specifies the name of converted VDO LV. When the name is not specified, +some automatic name is selected. In case the converted VDO volume is +already using LV a backend device, the name of this LV is used for VDO LV. +In this case also the of volume group must stay same. +. +.TP +.BR -v | --verbose +Be more verbose. +. +.TP +.BR -y | --yes +Answer "yes" at any prompts. +. +.TP +.BR --dry-run +Print commands without running them. +. +. +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +. +On successful completion, the status code is 0. +A status code of 1 is used for failure. +. +.SH EXAMPLES +. +Convert VDO volume created by vdo manager into logical volume LV1 with within volume group VG1. +.P +# +.B vdoimport --name VG1/LV1 /dev/mapper/vdo-volume +. +.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES +. +.TP +.B TMPDIR +The temporary directory name for mount points. Defaults to "\fI/tmp\fP". +.TP +.B DM_DEV_DIR +The device directory name. +Defaults to "\fI/dev\fP" and must be an absolute path. +. +.SH SEE ALSO +. +.nh +.ad l +.BR lvm (8), +.BR lvm.conf (5), +.P +.BR vdo (8), +.BR vdo2lvm (8),