VGEXTEND(8)VGEXTEND(8)NAMEvgextend - add physical volumes to a volume group
SYNOPSISvgextend [-A/--autobackup y/n] [-d/--debug] [-h/-?/--help] [-t/--test]
[-v/--verbose] VolumeGroupName PhysicalDevicePath [PhysicalDevi‐
cePath...]
DESCRIPTIONvgextend allows you to add one or more initialized physical volumes (
see pvcreate(8) ) to an existing volume group to extend it in size.
OPTIONS
See lvm for common options.
Examples
"vgextend vg00 /dev/sda4 /dev/sdn1" tries to extend the existing volume
group "vg00" by the new physical volumes (see pvcreate(8) ) "/dev/sdn1"
and /dev/sda4".
SEE ALSOlvm(8), vgcreate(8), vgreduce(8), pvcreate(8)Sistina Software UK LVM TOOLS VGEXTEND(8)