LVM Resize a Physical Volume

SAN Attached and VMWare Raw Mapped

1. Resize the LUN on the storage subsystem
2. Rescan the SCSI hosts

   # echo '- - -' > /sys/class/scsi_host/host#/scan

3. Get the device paths of the physical volumes that will need to be resized

   # pvs

4. Rescan the the SCSI block device

   # echo 1 > /sys/block/<block_device>/device/rescan

5. Scan for physical volumes

   # pvscan

6. Resize the physical volume

   # pvresize /dev/<block_device>

7. Verify the resize was successful

   # pvs

VMWare VMDK

1. Resize the vmdk
2. Rescan the the SCSI block device

   # echo 1 > /sys/block/<block_device>/device/rescan

3. Update partition size
4. Load the partition into the kernel

   # partprobe /dev/<device>

5. Scan for physical volumes

   # pvscan

6. Resize the physical volume

   # pvresize /dev/<block_device>

7. Verify the resize was successful

   # pvs