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]	VolumeGroupName	  PhysicalDevicePath   [PhysicalDevi-
       cePath...]

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.

Examples
       "vgextend vg00 /dev/sda4 /dev/sdn1" tries to extend the existing	 vol-
       ume  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)



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1. more
2. lvm