lvextend extends the size of an LV. This requires allocating logical extents from the VG's free physical extents. If the extension adds a new LV segment, the new segment will use the existing segment type of the LV. Extending a copy-on-write snapshot LV adds space for COW blocks. Use \fBlvconvert\fP(8) to change the number of data images in a RAID or mirrored LV. In the usage section below, \fB--size\fP \fISize\fP can be replaced with \fB--extents\fP \fINumber\fP. See both descriptions the options section.