VGEXTEND(8)

NAME
vgextend - add physical volumes to a volume group

SYNOPSIS
vgextend [-A/--autobackup y/n] [-d/--debug] [-h/-?/--help] [-v/--verbose] VolumeGroupName PhysicalDevicePath [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.

OPTIONS
See lvm for common options.

-A, --autobackup y/n
    Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see vgcfgbackup(8) ). Default is yes.

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)