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)