vgextend

Add physical volumes to volume groups

TLDR

Add single device

$ sudo vgextend vg1 /dev/sda1

Add multiple devices

$ sudo vgextend vg1 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1

SYNOPSIS

vgextend [OPTIONS] VolumeGroupName PhysicalVolume...

DESCRIPTION

vgextend adds one or more physical volumes to an existing volume group. This increases the total space available for creating or extending logical volumes within the group.

PARAMETERS

-f, --force

Force extension without confirmation

-y, --yes

Answer yes to all prompts

-A, --autobackup y|n

Automatically backup metadata after changes

--restoremissing

Restore physical volumes that were removed

INSTALL

sudo apt install lvm2

sudo dnf install lvm2

sudo pacman -S lvm2

sudo apk add lvm2

sudo zypper install lvm2

nix profile install nixpkgs#lvm2

CAVEATS

Physical volumes must be initialized with pvcreate first. A physical volume can only belong to one volume group at a time. Adding a device does not automatically redistribute existing data.

HISTORY

vgextend is part of LVM2, the Linux Logical Volume Manager.