| VGEXTEND(8) | System Manager's Manual | VGEXTEND(8) | 
NAME
 vgextend - add physical volumes to a volume group
SYNOPSIS
 vgextend [-A|--autobackup y|n] [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] VolumeGroupName PhysicalDevicePath [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.
OPTIONS
 See  lvm for common options.
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)