[Gllug] Extending LVM volumes

[Matthew Thompson]

Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> Now if I want to extend this, I could of course add another disk, create
> a PV on it, then use vgextend. However, when I add disks to this
> machine, the result is that /dev/sdc will get bigger, as this itself is
> a virtual device presented to the OS layer by a harware RAID controller.
> I can't see any "pvextend" command, so if I double the size of /dev/sdc
> one day, how do I extend the volume? It's a new machine, so I'll likely
> do some testing tomorrow, but if anyone can fill me in in the meantime,
> it's be much appreciated.
Add the disks, let it extend /dev/sdc and then throw another partition on the end. Create this as another PV and expand into it?


M at t :o)
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