[linux-lvm] Change PV size?

Michael Bellears MBellears at staff.datafx.com.au
Tue Jul 27 05:50:55 UTC 2004


> 
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 03:21:50PM +1000, Michael Bellears wrote:
> >- Turn off server, add new HD's, boot into HP Top Tools and 
> add the new 
> >drives to the array (Giving additional space).
> you should be able to do this online with the psp
> 
> >- cfdisk(or fdisk), delete the data partition(Making note of the 
> >starting cylinder), then recreate the data partition with the same 
> >starting cylinder, but incorporate the new free space.
> no, just create one more partition with the free space
> >- pvresize? (I do not seem to have this utility?)
> blockdev --rereadpt /dev/cciss/c0d0
> vgextend the volume group with the newly created partition 
> lvextend the logical volume.
> >- xfs_growfs

Excellent!

Thanks very much.

Regards,
MB




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