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Expanding an existing LV (logical volume)

In this case we are adding a physical drive to the system. The drive will be used to extend the logical volume /sctratch in the vg (volume group) Ubuntu.

Start by finding the available disk:

cdelacruz@puck:/$ cat /proc/partitions
major minor  #blocks  name

   8     0  244140625 sda
   8     1          1 sda1
   8     5     192717 sda5
   8     6  243946993 sda6
   8    16  244140625 sdb
   8    17  244131741 sdb1
 254     0    1024000 dm-0
 254     1    1024000 dm-1
 254     2    4096000 dm-2
 254     3    4096000 dm-3
 254     4  227508224 dm-4
 254     5    6197248 dm-5
 254     6  243946993 dm-6
 254     7    1024000 dm-7
 254     8    1024000 dm-8
 254     9  227508224 dm-9
 254    10    6197248 dm-10
 254    11    4096000 dm-11
 254    12    4096000 dm-12
 254    13     192717 dm-13
 254    14  244131741 dm-14

Partition the disk to be added, in this case it is the second SATA drive labeled sdb:
```
cdelacruz@puck:/$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
```

Select 'p' to print existing table information:

The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 30394.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
   (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30394 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1       30393   244131741    7  HPFS/NTFS

Select 'd' to delete existing NTFS partition:

Command (m for help): d
Selected partition 1

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30394 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

Select 'n' to create a new partition:

Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-30394, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-30394, default 30394):
Using default value 30394

Select 't' to change partition system ID to 8e (Linux LVM):

Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): 8e
Changed system type of partition 1 to 8e (Linux LVM)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30394 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1       30394   244139773+  8e  Linux LVM

Select 'w' to write the new table to disk:

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.

Create the physical volume:

sudo pvcreate /dev/sdb1
  Physical volume "/dev/sdb1" successfully created

To see the physical volumes and volume group:

cdelacruz@puck:/$ sudo pvscan
  PV /dev/sda6        VG Ubuntu   lvm2 [232.64 GB / 0    free]
  PV /dev/evms/sdb1               lvm2 [232.83 GB]
  Total: 2 [465.47 GB] / in use: 1 [232.64 GB] / in no VG: 1 [232.83 GB]


cdelacruz@puck:/$ sudo vgs
  VG     #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize   VFree
  Ubuntu   1   6   0 wz--n- 232.64G    0

Add the physical volume to the VG (Ubuntu in this case):
```
sudo vgextend Ubuntu /dev/evms/sdb1
```

Resize the logical volume:

Use the lvs command to check the logical volumes:

cdelacruz@puck:/$ sudo lvs
  LV      VG     Attr   LSize    Origin Snap%  Move Log Copy%
  home    Ubuntu -wi-ao 1000.00M
  root    Ubuntu -wi-ao 1000.00M
  scratch Ubuntu -wi-ao  216.97G
  swap_1  Ubuntu -wi-ao    5.91G
  usr     Ubuntu -wi-ao    3.91G
  var     Ubuntu -wi-ao    3.91G
cdelacruz@puck:/$


Unmount the file system to be modified,
in this case we are extending the /scratch lv (logical volume)

cdelacruz@puck:/$ sudo umount /dev/Ubuntu/scratch

sudo lvs:

scratch Ubuntu -wi-a-  216.97G 

* note the missing 'o' attribute, indicating the device is not open.


cdelacruz@puck:/$ sudo pvs
  PV             VG     Fmt  Attr PSize   PFree
  /dev/evms/sdb1 Ubuntu lvm2 a-   232.83G 232.83G
  /dev/sda6      Ubuntu lvm2 a-   232.64G      0

 * Extend the lv:

cdelacruz@puck:/$ sudo lvresize -L +220G /dev/Ubuntu/scratch
  Extending logical volume scratch to 436.97 GB
  Logical volume scratch successfully resized

 * fsck the filesystem:

cdelacruz@puck:/$ sudo e2fsck -f /dev/Ubuntu/scratch
e2fsck 1.38 (30-Jun-2005)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/Ubuntu/scratch: 80/28442624 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 925380/56877056 blocks

 * Resize the filesystem:

cdelacruz@puck:/$ sudo resize2fs /dev/Ubuntu/scratch
resize2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005)
Resizing the filesystem on /dev/Ubuntu/scratch to 114548736 (4k) blocks.
The filesystem on /dev/Ubuntu/scratch is now 114548736 blocks long.

Verify new size:

cdelacruz@puck:/$ sudo lvs
  LV      VG     Attr   LSize    Origin Snap%  Move Log Copy%
  home    Ubuntu -wi-ao 1000.00M
  root    Ubuntu -wi-ao 1000.00M
  scratch Ubuntu -wi-a-  436.97G
  swap_1  Ubuntu -wi-ao    5.91G
  usr     Ubuntu -wi-ao    3.91G
  var     Ubuntu -wi-ao    3.91G

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