Linux Command Cheat Sheet/Extend logical volume

Increase logical volume size.

Section: Storage Partitions and LVM

Extend logical volume

bash
bash
sudo lvextend -L +20G /dev/vg0/data
Explanation

Often followed by filesystem growth with `resize2fs` or `xfs_growfs`.

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