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Can I upgrade my LVM 1 based VGs and LVs to LVM 2 native format?

April 26, 2017based format LVM LVS native upgrade VGS

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Can I upgrade my LVM 1 based VGs and LVs to LVM 2 native format?

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Yes. Use vgconvert to convert your VG and all LVs contained within it to the new lvm 2 format metadata. Be warned that it’s not always possible to revert back to lvm 1 format metadata.