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LVEXTEND(8)                System Manager's Manual               LVEXTEND(8)

NAME         top

       lvextend - Add space to a logical volume

SYNOPSIS         top

       lvextend option_args position_args
           [ option_args ]
           [ position_args ]
           --alloc contiguous|cling|cling_by_tags|normal|anywhere|inherit
        -A|--autobackup y|n
           --commandprofile String
           --config String
        -d|--debug
           --driverloaded y|n
        -l|--extents [+]Number[PERCENT]
        -f|--force
        -h|--help
           --longhelp
        -m|--mirrors Number
        -n|--nofsck
           --nosync
           --noudevsync
           --poolmetadatasize [+]Size[m|UNIT]
           --profile String
        -q|--quiet
           --reportformat basic|json
        -r|--resizefs
        -L|--size [+]Size[m|UNIT]
        -i|--stripes Number
        -I|--stripesize Size[k|UNIT]
        -t|--test
           --type
       linear|striped|snapshot|mirror|raid|thin|cache|thin-pool|cache-pool
           --usepolicies
        -v|--verbose
           --version
        -y|--yes

DESCRIPTION         top

       lvextend extends the size of an LV. This requires allocating logical
       extents from the VG's free physical extents. If the extension adds a
       new LV segment, the new segment will use the existing segment type of
       the LV.
       Extending a copy-on-write snapshot LV adds space for COW blocks.
       Use lvconvert(8) to change the number of data images in a RAID or
       mirrored LV.
       In the usage section below, --size Size can be replaced with
       --extents Number.  See both descriptions the options section.

USAGE         top

       Extend an LV by a specified size.
       lvextend -L|--size [+]Size[m|UNIT] LV
           [ -l|--extents [+]Number[PERCENT] ]
           [ -r|--resizefs ]
           [ -i|--stripes Number ]
           [ -I|--stripesize Size[k|UNIT] ]
           [    --poolmetadatasize [+]Size[m|UNIT] ]
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
           [ PV ... ]
       -
       Extend an LV by specified PV extents.
       lvextend LV PV ...
           [ -r|--resizefs ]
           [ -i|--stripes Number ]
           [ -I|--stripesize Size[k|UNIT] ]
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
       -
       Extend a pool metadata SubLV by a specified size.
       lvextend --poolmetadatasize [+]Size[m|UNIT] LV_thinpool
           [ -i|--stripes Number ]
           [ -I|--stripesize Size[k|UNIT] ]
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
           [ PV ... ]
       -
       Extend an LV according to a predefined policy.
       lvextend --usepolicies LV_snapshot_thinpool
           [ -r|--resizefs ]
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
           [ PV ... ]
       -
       Common options for command:
           [ -A|--autobackup y|n ]
           [ -f|--force ]
           [ -m|--mirrors Number ]
           [ -n|--nofsck ]
           [    --alloc
           contiguous|cling|cling_by_tags|normal|anywhere|inherit ]
           [    --nosync ]
           [    --noudevsync ]
           [    --reportformat basic|json ]
           [    --type
           linear|striped|snapshot|mirror|raid|thin|cache|thin-pool|cache-pool
           ]
       Common options for lvm:
           [ -d|--debug ]
           [ -h|--help ]
           [ -q|--quiet ]
           [ -t|--test ]
           [ -v|--verbose ]
           [ -y|--yes ]
           [    --commandprofile String ]
           [    --config String ]
           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
           [    --longhelp ]
           [    --profile String ]
           [    --version ]

OPTIONS         top

       --alloc contiguous|cling|cling_by_tags|normal|anywhere|inherit
              Determines the allocation policy when a command needs to
              allocate Physical Extents (PEs) from the VG. Each VG and LV
              has an allocation policy which can be changed with
              vgchange/lvchange, or overriden on the command line.  normal
              applies common sense rules such as not placing parallel
              stripes on the same PV.  inherit applies the VG policy to an
              LV.  contiguous requires new PEs be placed adjacent to
              existing PEs.  cling places new PEs on the same PV as existing
              PEs in the same stripe of the LV.  If there are sufficient PEs
              for an allocation, but normal does not use them, anywhere will
              use them even if it reduces performance, e.g. by placing two
              stripes on the same PV.  Optional positional PV args on the
              command line can also be used to limit which PVs the command
              will use for allocation.  See lvm(8) for more information
              about allocation.
       -A|--autobackup y|n
              Specifies if metadata should be backed up automatically after
              a change.  Enabling this is strongly advised! See
              vgcfgbackup(8) for more information.
       --commandprofile String
              The command profile to use for command configuration.  See
              lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
       --config String
              Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf
              settings.  The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf, or
              may use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5) for more
              information about config.
       -d|--debug ...
              Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the
              detail of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if
              configured).
       --driverloaded y|n
              If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-
              mapper.  For testing and debugging.
       -l|--extents [+]Number[PERCENT]
              Specifies the new size of the LV in logical extents.  The
              --size and --extents options are alternate methods of
              specifying size.  The total number of physical extents used
              will be greater when redundant data is needed for RAID levels.
              An alternate syntax allows the size to be determined
              indirectly as a percentage of the size of a related VG, LV, or
              set of PVs. The suffix %VG denotes the total size of the VG,
              the suffix %FREE the remaining free space in the VG, and the
              suffix %PVS the free space in the specified PVs.  For a
              snapshot, the size can be expressed as a percentage of the
              total size of the origin LV with the suffix %ORIGIN
              (100%ORIGIN provides space for the whole origin).  When
              expressed as a percentage, the size defines an upper limit for
              the number of logical extents in the new LV. The precise
              number of logical extents in the new LV is not determined
              until the command has completed.  When the plus + or minus -
              prefix is used, the value is not an absolute size, but is
              relative and added or subtracted from the current size.
       -f|--force ...
              Override various checks, confirmations and protections.  Use
              with extreme caution.
       -h|--help
              Display help text.
       --longhelp
              Display long help text.
       -m|--mirrors Number
              Not used.
       -n|--nofsck
              Do not perform fsck before resizing filesystem when filesystem
              requires it. You may need to use --force to proceed with this
              option.
       --nosync
              Causes the creation of mirror, raid1, raid4, raid5 and raid10
              to skip the initial synchronization. In case of mirror, raid1
              and raid10, any data written afterwards will be mirrored, but
              the original contents will not be copied. In case of raid4 and
              raid5, no parity blocks will be written, though any data
              written afterwards will cause parity blocks to be stored.
              This is useful for skipping a potentially long and resource
              intensive initial sync of an empty mirror/raid1/raid4/raid5
              and raid10 LV.  This option is not valid for raid6, because
              raid6 relies on proper parity (P and Q Syndromes) being
              created during initial synchronization in order to reconstruct
              proper user date in case of device failures.  raid0 and
              raid0_meta do not provide any data copies or parity support
              and thus do not support initial synchronization.
       --noudevsync
              Disables udev synchronisation. The process will not wait for
              notification from udev. It will continue irrespective of any
              possible udev processing in the background. Only use this if
              udev is not running or has rules that ignore the devices LVM
              creates.
       --poolmetadatasize [+]Size[m|UNIT]
              Specifies the new size of the pool metadata LV.  The plus
              prefix + can be used, in which case the value is added to the
              current size.
       --profile String
              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending
              on the command.
       -q|--quiet ...
              Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and
              --verbose.  Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with
              answer 'no'.
       --reportformat basic|json
              Overrides current output format for reports which is defined
              globally by the report/output_format setting in lvm.conf.
              basic is the original format with columns and rows.  If there
              is more than one report per command, each report is prefixed
              with the report name for identification. json produces report
              output in JSON format. See lvmreport(7) for more information.
       -r|--resizefs
              Resize underlying filesystem together with the LV using
              fsadm(8).
       -L|--size [+]Size[m|UNIT]
              Specifies the new size of the LV.  The --size and --extents
              options are alternate methods of specifying size.  The total
              number of physical extents used will be greater when redundant
              data is needed for RAID levels.  When the plus + or minus -
              prefix is used, the value is not an absolute size, but is
              relative and added or subtracted from the current size.
       -i|--stripes Number
              Specifies the number of stripes in a striped LV. This is the
              number of PVs (devices) that a striped LV is spread across.
              Data that appears sequential in the LV is spread across
              multiple devices in units of the stripe size (see
              --stripesize). This does not change existing allocated space,
              but only applies to space being allocated by the command.
              When creating a RAID 4/5/6 LV, this number does not include
              the extra devices that are required for parity. The largest
              number depends on the RAID type (raid0: 64, raid10: 32,
              raid4/5: 63, raid6: 62), and when unspecified, the default
              depends on the RAID type (raid0: 2, raid10: 2, raid4/5: 3,
              raid6: 5.)  To stripe a new raid LV across all PVs by default,
              see lvm.conf allocation/raid_stripe_all_devices.
       -I|--stripesize Size[k|UNIT]
              The amount of data that is written to one device before moving
              to the next in a striped LV.
       -t|--test
              Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata.  This is
              implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless
              returning success to the calling function. This may lead to
              unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool
              relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but
              hasn't.
       --type
              linear|striped|snapshot|mirror|raid|thin|cache|thin-pool|cache-pool
              The LV type, also known as "segment type" or "segtype".  See
              usage descriptions for the specific ways to use these types.
              For more information about redundancy and performance
              (raid<N>, mirror, striped, linear) see lvmraid(7).  For thin
              provisioning (thin, thin-pool) see lvmthin(7).  For
              performance caching (cache, cache-pool) see lvmcache(7).  For
              copy-on-write snapshots (snapshot) see usage definitions.
              Several commands omit an explicit type option because the type
              is inferred from other options or shortcuts (e.g. --stripes,
              --mirrors, --snapshot, --virtualsize, --thin, --cache).  Use
              inferred types with care because it can lead to unexpected
              results.
       --usepolicies
              Perform an operation according to the policy configured in
              lvm.conf or a profile.
       -v|--verbose ...
              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the
              detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
       --version
              Display version information.
       -y|--yes
              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume
              the answer yes. Use with extreme caution.  (For automatic no,
              see -qq.)

VARIABLES         top

       LV
              Logical Volume name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.  An LV
              positional arg generally includes the VG name and LV name,
              e.g. VG/LV.  LV followed by _<type> indicates that an LV of
              the given type is required. (raid represents raid<N> type)
       PV
              Physical Volume name, a device path under /dev.  For commands
              managing physical extents, a PV positional arg generally
              accepts a suffix indicating a range (or multiple ranges) of
              physical extents (PEs). When the first PE is omitted, it
              defaults to the start of the device, and when the last PE is
              omitted it defaults to end.  Start and end range (inclusive):
              PV[:PE-PE]...  Start and length range (counting from 0):
              PV[:PE+PE]...
       String
              See the option description for information about the string
              content.
       Size[UNIT]
              Size is an input number that accepts an optional unit.  Input
              units are always treated as base two values, regardless of
              capitalization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024.  The
              default input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.
              UNIT represents other possible input units: bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE.
              b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is kilobytes,
              m|M is megabytes, g|G is gigabytes, t|T is terabytes, p|P is
              petabytes, e|E is exabytes.  (This should not be confused with
              the output control --units, where capital letters mean
              multiple of 1000.)

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES         top

       See lvm(8) for information about environment variables used by lvm.
       For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required
       VG parameter.

EXAMPLES         top

       Extend the size of an LV by 54MiB, using a specific PV.
       lvextend -L +54 vg01/lvol10 /dev/sdk3
       Extend the size of an LV by the amount of free space on PV /dev/sdk3.
       This is equivalent to specifying "-l +100%PVS" on the command line.
       lvextend vg01/lvol01 /dev/sdk3
       Extend an LV by 16MiB using specific physical extents.
       lvextend -L+16m vg01/lvol01 /dev/sda:8-9 /dev/sdb:8-9

SEE ALSO         top

       lvm(8) lvm.conf(5) lvmconfig(8)
       pvchange(8) pvck(8) pvcreate(8) pvdisplay(8) pvmove(8) pvremove(8)
       pvresize(8) pvs(8) pvscan(8)
       vgcfgbackup(8) vgcfgrestore(8) vgchange(8) vgck(8) vgcreate(8)
       vgconvert(8) vgdisplay(8) vgexport(8) vgextend(8) vgimport(8)
       vgimportclone(8) vgmerge(8) vgmknodes(8) vgreduce(8) vgremove(8)
       vgrename(8) vgs(8) vgscan(8) vgsplit(8)
       lvcreate(8) lvchange(8) lvconvert(8) lvdisplay(8) lvextend(8)
       lvreduce(8) lvremove(8) lvrename(8) lvresize(8) lvs(8) lvscan(8)
       lvm-fullreport(8) lvm-lvpoll(8) lvm2-activation-generator(8)
       blkdeactivate(8) lvmdump(8)
       dmeventd(8) lvmetad(8) lvmpolld(8) lvmlockd(8) lvmlockctl(8) clvmd(8)
       cmirrord(8) lvmdbusd(8)
       lvmsystemid(7) lvmreport(7) lvmraid(7) lvmthin(7) lvmcache(7)

COLOPHON         top

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