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TH VGEXTEND 8 "LVM TOOLS 2.02.44-cvs (02-17-09)" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
SH NAME
vgextend \- add physical volumes to a volume group
SH SYNOPSIS
B vgextend
[\-A|\-\-autobackup y|n] [\-d|\-\-debug] [\-h|\-?|\-\-help]
[\-t|\-\-test]
[\-v|\-\-verbose]
VolumeGroupName PhysicalDevicePath [PhysicalDevicePath...]
SH DESCRIPTION
vgextend allows you to add one or more initialized physical volumes ( see
B pvcreate(8)
) to an existing volume group to extend it in size.
SH OPTIONS
See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
SH Examples
"vgextend vg00 /dev/sda4 /dev/sdn1" tries to extend the existing volume
group "vg00" by the new physical volumes (see
B pvcreate(8)
) "/dev/sdn1" and /dev/sda4".
SH SEE ALSO
BR lvm (8),
BR vgcreate (8),
BR vgreduce (8),
BR pvcreate (8)