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.
