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| author | David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com> | 2017-03-06 11:27:56 -0600 |
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| committer | David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com> | 2017-03-06 11:27:56 -0600 |
| commit | ef97360866d8a9221eb8d9b2d0e2f7e366bbd8ef (patch) | |
| tree | a68c738ce98b99b03661a5a359554de60b6e12a4 | |
| parent | 17838e6439f7cabfa4609dbfb48197d5a33138f8 (diff) | |
| download | lvm2-ef97360866d8a9221eb8d9b2d0e2f7e366bbd8ef.tar.gz | |
man lvextend: mention segment type
| -rw-r--r-- | man/lvextend.8.des | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/lvextend.8.des b/man/lvextend.8.des index 346bd2307..4c0575dd3 100644 --- a/man/lvextend.8.des +++ b/man/lvextend.8.des @@ -1,7 +1,10 @@ lvextend extends the size of an LV. This requires allocating logical -extents from the VG's free physical extents. A copy\-on\-write snapshot LV -can also be extended to provide more space to hold COW blocks. Use -\fBlvconvert\fP(8) to change the number of data images in a RAID or +extents from the VG's free physical extents. If the extension adds a new +LV segment, the new segment will use the existing segment type of the LV. + +Extending a copy\-on\-write snapshot LV adds space for COW blocks. + +Use \fBlvconvert\fP(8) to change the number of data images in a RAID or mirrored LV. In the usage section below, \fB--size\fP \fISize\fP can be replaced |