vgextend

Add single device

$ sudo vgextend vg1 /dev/sda1

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

vgextend [OPTIONS] VolumeGroupName PhysicalVolume...

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.

-f, --force

Force extension without confirmation

Answer yes to all prompts

Automatically backup metadata after changes

Restore physical volumes that were removed

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.

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

lvm(8), vgcreate(8), vgreduce(8), pvcreate(8)