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tech:documentation:procedures:vm:vm_disk_expansion_lvm_xfs [2020/10/07 13:08] – [Links] kohofertech:documentation:procedures:vm:vm_disk_expansion_lvm_xfs [2020/10/08 10:50] – [VM disk Expansion LVM with XFS/EXT4] kohofer
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 ====== VM disk Expansion LVM with XFS/EXT4 ======= ====== VM disk Expansion LVM with XFS/EXT4 =======
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-<note important>CREATE SNAPSHOT</note> 
  
 Expand the original disk or add a second vdisk from **Infrastructure Client**.\\ Expand the original disk or add a second vdisk from **Infrastructure Client**.\\
-<del>If you want to perform a grow w/o reboot you have to add a second disk.</del> 
  
 If you are on a kernel newer or equal to 2.6.32 then you can issue the command If you are on a kernel newer or equal to 2.6.32 then you can issue the command
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 Create an additional partition on the free space, say you increased the existing disc Create an additional partition on the free space, say you increased the existing disc
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 from 8GB to 15GB. The partition type is 8e. from 8GB to 15GB. The partition type is 8e.
  
   cfdisk /dev/sda or cfdisk /dev/sdb   cfdisk /dev/sda or cfdisk /dev/sdb
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 +**RESIZE ORIGINAL DISK**
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 +Resize the already existing partition, e.g. /dev/sda4 to the newly created free partition.
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 +  cfdisk /dev/sda or cfdisk /dev/sdb
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 +Now resize the Physical Volume
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 +  pvresize /dev/sda4
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 +and follow on.
  
 If you get a error: If you get a error:
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