Tag Archives: Ubuntu

Adding a new disk to an LVM with esx

$ lsblk

Look at disks to check what is already in use

Add disk in vcenter

$ for h in $(ls /sys/class/scsi_host); do

echo ‘- – -‘ > /sys/class/scsi_host/$h/scan
done

$ for h in $(ls /sys/class/scsi_host); do
    echo '- - -' > /sys/class/scsi_host/$h/scan
done
$ lsblk

look at disks, it should be added

fdisk -l

take note of added disk

eg: /dev/sdc

fdisk /dev/sdc
n - new partition
p - primary
1
defaults
w - write
pvscan

take note of disk /dev/sdc1

pvcreate /dev/sdc1
vgdisplay

take note of vg name, eg: ubuntu-vg

vgextend ubuntu-vg /dev/sdc1
pvscan

disk should be added

lvdisplay

take note of LV name (logical volume name), eg: /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv

lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv
resize2fs -p /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv