lvextend
CautionExtend logical volumes
lvextend -L +10G -r <lv>
Grows an LV online; -r resizes the filesystem in the same step — the modern one-liner.
Examples
lvextend -l +100%FREE -r /dev/vg0/dataUse all free space
Syntax
lvextend -L +size [-r] <lv path>
Before you run it
lvreduce is a different, riskier beast.
Related commands
- pvs / vgs / lvsInspect LVM layout
- resize2fsResize ext filesystems
- dfDisk free space
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