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5.3.4. Adding Physical Volumes to a Volume Group

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To add additional physical volumes to an existing volume group, use the vgextend command. The vgextend command increases a volume group's capacity by adding one or more free physical volumes.
The following command adds the physical volume /dev/sdf1 to the volume group vg1.
# vgextend vg1 /dev/sdf1
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