LVM Resize a Physical Volume

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SAN Attached and VMWare Raw Mapped

  1. Resize the LUN on the storage subsystem.
  2. Rescan the the SCSI block device.
    1. # echo 1 > /sys/block/<block device>/device/rescan
  3. Scan for physical volumes.
    1. # pvscan
  4. Resize the physical volume.
    1. # pvresize /dev/<block device>

VMWare VMDK

  1. Resize the vmdk.
  2. Rescan the the SCSI block device.
    1. # echo 1 > /sys/block/<block device>/device/rescan
  3. Scan for physical volumes.
    1. # pvscan
  4. Resize the physical volume.
    1. # pvresize /dev/<block device>

Further Reading

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