1VGEXTEND(8)                 System Manager's Manual                VGEXTEND(8)
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NAME

6       vgextend — add physical volumes to a volume group
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SYNOPSIS

9       vgextend   [-A|--autobackup   {y|n}]   [--commandprofile   ProfileName]
10       [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [--restoremissing] [-f|--force] [-t|--test]
11       [-v|--verbose]  [PHYSICAL DEVICE OPTIONS] VolumeGroupName PhysicalDevi‐
12       cePath [PhysicalDevicePath...]
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DESCRIPTION

15       vgextend allows you to add one or  more  initialized  physical  volumes
16       (see  pvcreate(8))  to  an  existing volume group to extend it in size.
17       Moreover, it allows you to re-add a physical volume that has gone miss‐
18       ing  previously, due to a transient device failure, without re-initial‐
19       ising it. Use vgextend --restoremissing to that effect.
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21       If PhysicalDevicePath was not previously configured for LVM with pvcre‐
22       ate(8),  the  device  will  be initialized with the same default values
23       used with pvcreate(8).  If non-default pvcreate(8) values are  desired,
24       they  may  be  given on the commandline with the same options as pvcre‐
25       ate(8).  See PHYSICAL DEVICE OPTIONS for available options.  Note  that
26       the  restore-related options such as --restorefile, --uuid and --physi‐
27       calvolumesize are not available.  If a restore operation is needed, use
28       pvcreate(8) and vgcfgrestore(8).
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OPTIONS

31       See lvm(8) for common options.
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PHYSICAL DEVICE OPTIONS

34       The  following  options are available for initializing physical devices
35       in the volume group.  These options are further described in the pvcre‐
36       ate(8) man page.
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46       --metadatasize size
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Examples

57       Extends  the  existing  volume group "vg00" by the new physical volumes
58       (see pvcreate(8)) "/dev/sda4" and "/dev/sdn1".
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60       vgextend vg00 /dev/sda4 /dev/sdn1
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SEE ALSO

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