Follow these steps to add your new disk to ubuntu LVM
1.) Login to your server
2.) Install Logical Volume Manager ( If its not installed ).
1 | sudo apt-get install system-config-lvm |
3.) Check the name of your new disk by below command
1 | ls /dev/sd* |
4.) Convert your new disk to a physical volume
1 | sudo pvcreate /dev/<your disk name> |
5.) Check your Machine’s Volume Group Name by below command
1 | vgdisplay |
6.) Add the physical volume to the volume group with below command.
1 | sudo vgextend <<your volume group name>> /dev/sdb |
7.) Check your logical volume path by using below command
1 | lvdisplay |
8.) Allocate the physical volume to a logical volume, add 100% physical volume to existing logical volume
1 | sudo lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/<<your volume group name>>/<your volume> |
9.) Resize the file system on the logical volume so it uses the additional space
1 | sudo resize2fs /dev/<<your volume group>>/<<your volume>> |
