tldr/pages/linux/lvextend.md

lvextend

Increase the size of a logical volume. See also: lvm. More information: https://manned.org/lvextend.8.

• Increase a volume's size to 120 GB:

sudo lvextend {{[-L|--size]}} {{120G}} {{logical_volume}}

• Increase a volume's size by 40 GB as well as the underlying filesystem:

sudo lvextend {{[-L|--size]}} +{{40G}} {{[-r|--resizefs]}} {{logical_volume}}

• Increase a volume's size to 100% of the free physical volume space:

sudo lvextend {{[-l|--extents]}} +{{100}}%FREE {{logical_volume}}

• Increase a volume's size to 100% of the free physical volume space and resize the underlying filesystem:

sudo lvextend {{[-l|--extents]}} +{{100}}%FREE {{[-r|--resizefs]}} {{logical_volume}}