extendlv command
Purpose
Increases the size of a logical volume.
Syntax
extendlv LogicalVolume Size [ PhysicalVolume ... ]
Description
The extendlv command increases the size of the logical volume. The LogicalVolume parameter can be a logical volume name or a logical volume ID. To limit the allocation to specific physical volumes, use the names of one or more physical volumes in the PhysicalVolume parameter; otherwise, all the physical volumes in a volume group are available for allocating new physical partitions.
The Size parameter specifies
the minimum size the logical volume should be increased by. When specifying Size the
following conventions must be used:
| Size | Logical volume size |
|---|---|
| ###M/m | ### MB |
| ###G/g | ### GB |
Exit Status
Examples
- To increase the size of the logical volume lv05 by three
megabytes, type:
extendlv lv05 3M - To request a logical volume named lv05 with a minimum size
of 10MB, type:
The extendlv command will determine the number of partitions needed to create a logical volume of at least that size.extendlv lv05 10M
