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RFE: support conversion of LV to thin LV by setting original LV as thin-pool data

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    • lvm2-2.03.23-1.el9
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      .Converting a standard LV to a thin LV by using `lvconvert` is now possible

      By specifying a standard logical volume (LV) as a thin pool data, you can now convert a standard LV to a thin LV by using the `lvconvert` command. With this update, you can convert existing LVs to use the thin provisioning facility.
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      .Converting a standard LV to a thin LV by using `lvconvert` is now possible By specifying a standard logical volume (LV) as a thin pool data, you can now convert a standard LV to a thin LV by using the `lvconvert` command. With this update, you can convert existing LVs to use the thin provisioning facility.
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      Description of problem:

      Users with existing data in i.e. Linear, Raid, VDO LVs may need to use then with thin-provisioning. While lvm2 already supports such user through 'external' origin, there could be cases where a direct conversion to thin-pool is better solutions.

      To support this extend the 'lvconvert' with new supported conversion, that makes the original volume basically a 'data' volume for thin-pool and adds a thin volume with fully provisioned volume mapping this data.

      Such conversion should be possible to happen 'online' so user should not need to deactivate such LV.

      Expected usage:

      lvcreate -L10 -n normalLV vgname

      lvconvert --type thin vgname/normalLV

      Results with thin-pool with normalLV being represented by thin.

              zkabelac@redhat.com Zdenek Kabelac
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