Resizing Linux Partition Size

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1 Resizing linux partition size

Check the Disk Size: #df -h   

Adding the Disk from the vSphere Client

Reboot the VM

Check the fdisk whether Disk is added: #fdisk -l 

Create the Partition: #fdisk /dev/sdc

Check the fdisk –l to check whether a partition is created

Format the Partition to ext4 FileSystem : #mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc1

Create a physical volume: #pvcreate /dev/sdc1

Volume Group Extend: #vgextend /dev/sdc1

Logical Volume extend: #lvextend –L +29G /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00

Resize the logical volume now: #resize2fs /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00

Check the disk space now: #df -h

2. Mounting new data volume

Adding the Disk from the vSphere Client

Reboot the VM

Check the fdisk whether Disk is added: #fdisk –l

Create the Partition: #fdisk /dev/sdc

Check the fdisk –l to check whether a partition is created

Format the Partition to ext4 FileSystem : #mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc1

Create a physical volume: #pvcreate /dev/sdc1

Create a new Directory under root

Mount the new partition

Add the mount Partition to the fstab

We hope this is easy and reliable steps Resizing Linux Partition Size

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