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Resizing a disk with LVM

  • Run as sudo

    sudo su

  • Resize the physical disk of the VM

    lsblk

  • Create a new partiion

    fdisk /dev/sda
n

    Accept the defaults for the following prompts:

    • Partition number
    • First sector
    • Last sector

  • Get partitions

    lsblk /dev/sda

  • Create a physical volume

    pvcreate

  • Add the physical volume to logical volume

    lvs # find the logical volume
lvextend ubuntu-vg /sda/sdaX

  • Extend the logical volume

    lgextend -l +100%FREE /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv

  • Resize the filesystem

    resize2fs /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv
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