NAME

       vgextend - add physical volumes to a volume group

SYNOPSIS

       vgextend  [-A|--autobackup {y|n}] [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [--restoremissing] [-f|--force] [-t|--test]
       [-v|--verbose] [PHYSICAL DEVICE OPTIONS] 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. Moreover, it allows you to re-add a physical volume that has gone
       missing previously, due  to  a  transient  device  failure,  without  re-initialising  it.  Use  vgextend
       --restoremissing to that effect.

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

OPTIONS

       See lvm(8) 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 pvcreate(8) man page.

       -f, --force

       -y, --yes

       -Z, --zero {y|n}

       --labelsector sector

       --metadatasize size

       --metadataignore {y|n}

       --pvmetadatacopies copies

       --dataalignment alignment

       --dataalignmentoffset alignment_offset

Examples

       Extends  the  existing  volume group "vg00" by the new physical volumes (see pvcreate(8)) "/dev/sda4" and
       "/dev/sdn1".

       vgextend vg00 /dev/sda4 /dev/sdn1

SEE ALSO

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