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VGEXTEND(8)							   VGEXTEND(8)

NAME
       vgextend - add physical volumes to a volume group

SYNOPSIS
       vgextend	 [-A|--autobackup y|n] [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [-t|--test]
       [-v|--verbose] [ PHYSICAL DEVICE OPTIONS ] VolumeGroupName  PhysicalDe‐
       vicePath [PhysicalDevicePath...]

DESCRIPTION
       vgextend	 allows	 you to add one or more initialized physical volumes (
       see pvcreate(8) ) to an existing volume group to extend it in size.

       If PhysicalDevicePath was not previously configured for LVM with pvcre‐
       ate  (8),  the  device will be initialized with the same default values
       used with pvcreate.  If non-default pvcreate values  are	 are  desired,
       they may be given on the commandline with the same options as pvcreate.
       See PHYSICAL DEVICE OPTIONS  for	 available  options.   Note  that  the
       restore-related	options	 such  as  --restorefile, --uuid, and --physi‐
       calvolumesize are not available.	 If a restore operation is needed, use
       pvcreate (8) and vgcfgrestore (8).

OPTIONS
       See lvm for common options.

PHYSICAL DEVICE OPTIONS
       The  following  options are available for initializing physical devices
       in the volume group.  These options are further described in the pvcre‐
       ate man page.

       -f, --force

       -y, --yes

       -Z, --zero y|n

       --labelsector sector

       --metadatasize size

       --pvmetadatacopies copies

       --dataalignment alignment

       --dataalignmentoffset alignment_offset

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 ALSO
       lvm(8), vgcreate(8), vgreduce(8), pvcreate(8)

Sistina Software UK    LVM TOOLS 2.02.61(1) (2010-02-15)	   VGEXTEND(8)

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