NAME
lvextend - extend the size of a logical volume
SYNOPSIS
lvextend [--alloc AllocationPolicy] [-A|--autobackup y|n] [-d|--debug]
[-h|-?|--help] [--noudevsync] [-i|--stripes Stripes [-I|--stripesize
StripeSize]] {-l|--extents [+]LogicalExtentsNum-
ber[%{VG|LV|PVS|FREE|ORIGIN}] | -L|--size [+]LogicalVolumeSize[bBsSkKm-
MgGtTpPeE]} [-f|--force] [-n|--nofsck] [-r|--resizefs] [-t|--test]
[-v|--verbose] LogicalVolumePath [PhysicalVolumePath[:PE[-PE]]...]
DESCRIPTION
lvextend allows you to extend the size of a logical volume. Extension
of snapshot logical volumes (see lvcreate(8) for information to create
snapshots) is supported as well. But to change the number of copies in
a mirrored logical volume use lvconvert(8).
OPTIONS
See lvm for common options.
--noudevsync
Disable udev synchronisation. The process will not wait for
notification from udev. It will continue irrespective of any
possible udev processing in the background. You should only use
this if udev is not running or has rules that ignore the devices
LVM2 creates.
-l, --extents [+]LogicalExtentsNumber[%{VG|LV|PVS|FREE|ORIGIN}]
Extend or set the logical volume size in units of logical
extents. With the + sign the value is added to the actual size
of the logical volume and without it, the value is taken as an
absolute one. The number can also be expressed as a percentage
of the total space in the Volume Group with the suffix %VG, rel-
ative to the existing size of the Logical Volume with the suffix
%LV, of the remaining free space for the specified PhysicalVol-
ume(s) with the suffix %PVS, as a percentage of the remaining
free space in the Volume Group with the suffix %FREE, or (for a
snapshot) as a percentage of the total space in the Origin Logi-
cal Volume with the suffix %ORIGIN.
-L, --size [+]LogicalVolumeSize[bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE]
Extend or set the logical volume size in units of megabytes. A
size suffix of M for megabytes, G for gigabytes, T for ter-
abytes, P for petabytes or E for exabytes is optional. With the
+ sign the value is added to the actual size of the logical vol-
ume and without it, the value is taken as an absolute one.
-i, --stripes Stripes
Gives the number of stripes for the extension. Not applicable
to LVs using the original metadata LVM format, which must use a
single value throughout.
-I, --stripesize StripeSize
Gives the number of kilobytes for the granularity of the
stripes. Not applicable to LVs using the original metadata LVM
format, which must use a single value throughout.
StripeSize must be 2^n (n = 2 to 9)
-f, --force
Proceed with size extension without prompting.
-n, --nofsck
Do not perform fsck before extending filesystem when filesystem
requires it. You may need to use --force to proceed with this
option.
-r, --resizefs
Resize underlying filesystem together with the logical volume
using fsadm(8).
Examples
"lvextend -L +54 /dev/vg01/lvol10 /dev/sdk3" tries to extend the size
of that logical volume by 54MB on physical volume /dev/sdk3. This is
only possible if /dev/sdk3 is a member of volume group vg01 and there
are enough free physical extents in it.
"lvextend /dev/vg01/lvol01 /dev/sdk3" tries to extend the size of that
logical volume by the amount of free space on physical volume
/dev/sdk3. This is equivalent to specifying "-l +100%PVS" on the com-
mand line.
"lvextend -L+16M vg01/lvol01 /dev/sda:8-9 /dev/sdb:8-9"
tries to extend a logical volume "vg01/lvol01" by 16MB using physical
extents /dev/sda:8-9 and /dev/sdb:8-9 for allocation of extents.
SEE ALSO
fsadm(8), lvm(8), lvcreate(8), lvconvert(8), lvreduce(8), lvresize(8),
lvchange(8)
Sistina Software UK LVM TOOLS 2.02.88(2)-RHEL5 (2012-01-20) LVEXTEND(8)