From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id mB4DAQAi023472 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:10:26 -0500 Received: from mail-relay.seakr.com (mx2.seakr.com [64.207.50.19]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id mB4DA9CB029243 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:10:09 -0500 Received: from mx-inside.seakr.com (mx-inside.seakr.com [192.168.100.31]) by mail-relay.seakr.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id mB4D2nip005997 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 06:02:49 -0700 Received: from collaborate.seakr.com (collaborate.seakr.com [192.168.100.28]) by mx-inside.seakr.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F9FB44812 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 06:10:07 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <49377434.87A6.0099.1@seakr.com> Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:09:56 -0700 From: "Nick Couchman" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] resizing physical volume References: <4937D295.8010105@gk-software.com> In-Reply-To: <4937D295.8010105@gk-software.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=__Part745C07B4.0__=" Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: To: LVM general discussion and development This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to properly handle MIME multipart messages. --=__Part745C07B4.0__= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-NAIMIME-Disclaimer: 1 X-NAIMIME-Modified: 1 If the disk device has a partition that you're using for LVM, you need to= resize that partition using fdisk or the like. If you didn't partition = the device and use the whole disk device, you don't have to worry about r= esizing the partition - you just have to get Linux to see the increased s= ize of the disk. =20 If you did partition the disk and need to use fdisk to resize, take LVM o= ffline, run fdisk on the volume, delete the original partition and recrea= te the partition with the exact same starting place as before and with th= e new ending location that represents the increased sized. Usually a goo= d idea to make sure you have a backup of your data before you do this - I= 've never personally seen it go bad, but I know there are people out ther= e who have. =20 -Nick >>> Stepan Kadlec 2008/12/04 05:52 >>> Hi, is there a way to resize the physical partition, that hosts the LVM? can=20 it be done just by pvresize or do I have to resize the partition itself=20 first? (by fdisk-like program?) I know I could add the free space as a=20 new PV, but I would prefer directly extending current PV. is that=20 possible? how? thank you, stepan _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com=20 https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm=20 read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ This e-mail may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole= use of the intended recipient. 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