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NAME

       vgextend - add physical volumes to a volume group

SYNOPSIS

       vgextend  [-A|--autobackup  y|n]  [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] [ PHYSICAL DEVICE OPTIONS ] VolumeGroupName Physi-
       calDevicePath [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.

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

OPTIONS

       See lvm 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 man page.

       -f, --force

       -y, --yes

       -Z, --zero y|n

       --labelsector sector

       --metadatasize size

       --pvmetadatacopies copies

       --dataalignment alignment

       --dataalignmentoffset alignment_offset

Examples
       "vgextend vg00 /dev/sda4 /dev/sdn1" tries to extend the existing volume group "vg00"  by  the  new  physical  volumes  (see  pvcreate(8)  )
       "/dev/sdn1" and /dev/sda4".

SEE ALSO

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

Sistina Software UK					 LVM TOOLS 2.02.67(2) (2010-06-04)					       VGEXTEND(8)