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How to expand an LVM volume
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How to expand a volume
1) Add new disk to the VM
2) Ensure it shows up as a device
3) fdisk /dev/____
4) add a partition (primary?)
5) sudo pvcreate /dev/____
6) sudo pvs # get name of volume group
7) sudo vgextend NAME_OF_VOLUME_GROUP /dev/____
8) sudo lvextend -l+100%FREE /dev/NAME_OF_VOLUME_GROUP/root
9) sudo resize2fs /dev/mapper/NAME_OF_VOLUME_GROUP
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