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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