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 VGEXTEND 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
 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)