From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx09.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.13]) by int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o4JFhSxh003528 for ; Wed, 19 May 2010 11:43:28 -0400 Received: from mail-qy0-f198.google.com (mail-qy0-f198.google.com [209.85.221.198]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o4JFhHgI008290 for ; Wed, 19 May 2010 11:43:17 -0400 Received: by qyk36 with SMTP id 36so4978497qyk.19 for ; Wed, 19 May 2010 08:43:17 -0700 (PDT) From: "kevin" Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 11:43:09 -0400 Message-ID: <059801caf769$fc848350$f58d89f0$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0599_01CAF748.7572E350" Content-Language: en-us Subject: [linux-lvm] Adding a disk to expand an existing logical volume 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: linux-lvm@redhat.com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0599_01CAF748.7572E350 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Howdy, I have a live production system w/ logical volume that i want to add a drive to. I just wanted to confirm that adding a drive (fdisk+mkfs+pvcreate+vgextend+lvextend) is the right way to go about adding a disk to logical volumes? I want to ensure that the existing data on the logical volume isn't compromised and have never done this before. If theres something I should be aware of or if my process is incorrect, please let me know. Any help is extremely appreciated J Thanks, Kevin ------=_NextPart_000_0599_01CAF748.7572E350 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Howdy,

I have a live production system w/ logical volume = that i want to add a drive to. I just wanted to confirm that adding a drive (fdisk+mkfs+pvcreate+vgextend+lvextend) is the right way to go about = adding a disk to logical volumes? I want to ensure that the existing data on the = logical volume isn’t compromised and have never done this = before.

If theres something I should be aware of or if my = process is incorrect, please let me know. Any help is extremely appreciated J

Thanks,

Kevin

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