man lvmraid: add more indirect conversion info

1 files changed, 51 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/man/lvmraid.7_main b/man/lvmraid.7_main
index 6e0287a4c..c27f1fabf 100644
--- a/man/lvmraid.7_main
+++ b/man/lvmraid.7_main
@@ -948,6 +948,50 @@ potential write/recovery performance reduction in raid6_ls_6 because of
 the dedicated parity device.  raid6_zr rotates data and parity blocks to
 avoid this.
 
+.B linear to striped
+
+To convert an LV from linear to striped:
+.br
+1. convert to raid1 with two images
+.br
+2. convert to raid5_n
+.br
+3. convert to raid5_n with five 128k stripes (reshape)
+.br
+4. convert raid5_n to striped
+
+The commands to perform the steps above are:
+.br
+1. lvconvert --type raid1 --mirrors 1 LV
+.br
+2. lvconvert --type raid5_n LV
+.br
+3. lvconvert --stripes 5 --stripesize 128k LV
+.br
+4. lvconvert --type striped LV
+
+The raid5_n type in step 2 is used because it has dedicated parity SubLVs
+at the end, and can be converted to striped directly.  The stripe size is
+increased in step 3 to add extra space for the conversion process.  This
+step grows the LV size by a factor of five.  After conversion, this extra
+space can be reduced (or used to grow the file system using the LV).
+
+Reversing these steps will convert a striped LV to linear.
+
+.B raid6 to striped
+
+To convert an LV from raid6_nr to striped:
+.br
+1. convert to raid6_n_6
+.br
+2. convert to striped
+
+The commands to perform the steps above are:
+.br
+1. lvconvert --type raid6_n_6 LV
+.br
+2. lvconvert --type striped LV
+
 
 .SS Examples
 
@@ -1316,7 +1360,7 @@ In case the RaidLV should be converted to striped:
 .nf
 # lvconvert --type striped vg/lv
   Unable to convert LV vg/lv from raid6_nr to striped.
-  Converting vg/lv from raid6_nr is directly possible to the \
+  Converting vg/lv from raid6_nr is directly possible to the \\
   following layouts:
     raid6_nc
     raid6_zr
@@ -1620,7 +1664,9 @@ RAID6 last parity devices
 .br
 \[bu]
 Fixed dedicated last devices (P-Syndrome N-1 and Q-Syndrome N)
+.RS 2
 with striped data used for striped/raid0 conversions
+.RE
 .br
 \[bu]
 Used for RAID Takeover
@@ -1631,7 +1677,10 @@ raid6_{ls,rs,la,ra}_6
 RAID6 last parity device
 .br
 \[bu]
-Dedicated last parity device used for conversions from/to raid5_{ls,rs,la,ra}
+Dedicated last parity device used for conversions from/to
+.RS 2
+raid5_{ls,rs,la,ra}
+.RE
 
 raid6_ls_6
 .br