lvm2/man/vgextend.8.in

.TH VGEXTEND 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
vgextend \- add physical volumes to a volume group
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vgextend
[\-A/\-\-autobackup y/n] [\-d/\-\-debug] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help] 
[\-t/\-\-test]
[\-v/\-\-verbose]
VolumeGroupName PhysicalDevicePath [PhysicalDevicePath...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
vgextend allows you to add one or more initialized physical volumes ( see
.B pvcreate(8)
) to an existing volume group to extend it in size.
.SH OPTIONS
See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
.SH Examples
"vgextend vg00 /dev/sda4 /dev/sdn1" tries to extend the existing volume
group "vg00" by the new physical volumes (see
.B pvcreate(8)
) "/dev/sdn1" and /dev/sda4".
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8),
.BR vgcreate (8),
.BR vgreduce (8),
.BR pvcreate (8)