3 .TH VGEXTEND 8 "LVM TOOLS 2.02.44-cvs (02-17-09)" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
5 vgextend \- add physical volumes to a volume group
8 [\-A|\-\-autobackup y|n] [\-d|\-\-debug] [\-h|\-?|\-\-help]
11 VolumeGroupName PhysicalDevicePath [PhysicalDevicePath...]
13 vgextend allows you to add one or more initialized physical volumes ( see
15 ) to an existing volume group to extend it in size.
17 See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
19 "vgextend vg00 /dev/sda4 /dev/sdn1" tries to extend the existing volume
20 group "vg00" by the new physical volumes (see
22 ) "/dev/sdn1" and /dev/sda4".