NAME

       vgextend — add physical volumes to a volume group

SYNOPSIS

       vgextend    [-A|--autobackup    {y|n}]   [--commandprofile   ProfileName]   [-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)