How to expand a VMware vmdk and ext3 / ext4 filesystem on RHEL?
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How to extend an LVM disk on a RHEL guest machine running on VMware host?
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1) Resize the vmdk using VMware's management tools.
2) Rescan the scsi bus on the guest so that it sees the new size.
To rescan execute the below step.
echo 1 > /sys/block/sdX/device/rescan
wait a second then run
echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/hostN/scan
Where 'N' is your scsi host id.
To determine the SCSI host ID from device names enter : ls -dl /sys/block/sd*/device/scsi_device/*
[root@infra-splunk ~]# ls -dl /sys/block/sd*/device/scsi_device/*
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 0 29 juil. 12:33 /sys/block/sda/device/scsi_device/2:0:0:0
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 0 29 juil. 12:33 /sys/block/sdb/device/scsi_device/2:0:2:0
You can see the the device name, and 4 numbers a:b:c:d
a = Hostadapter ID
b = SCSI channel
c = Device ID
d = LUN
3) Verify that the change took effect.
fdisk -l /dev/sdc
4) determine if the entire disk is formatted as an LVM PV OR if the disk is formatted with partition table
(with several partitions)
[root@jtm-app-rec ~]# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
fd0 2:0 1 4K 0 disk
sda 8:0 0 40G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 1G 0 part /boot
├─sda2 8:2 0 15G 0 part --> sda disk has several partitions (sda1,
sda2…)
│ ├─cl-root 253:0 0 36,4G 0 lvm /
│ └─cl-swap 253:1 0 1,6G 0 lvm [SWAP]
└─sda3 8:3 0 24G 0 part
└─cl-root 253:0 0 36,4G 0 lvm /
[root@plan-app-rec ~]# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
fd0 2:0 1 4K 0 disk
sda 8:0 0 30G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 1G 0 part /boot
└─sda2 8:2 0 29G 0 part --> sda disk has several partitions (sda1,
sda2…)
├─sys_vg-root_lv 253:0 0 3G 0 lvm /
├─sys_vg-swap_lv 253:1 0 4G 0 lvm [SWAP]
├─sys_vg-usr_lv 253:2 0 4G 0 lvm /usr
├─sys_vg-home_lv 253:3 0 1G 0 lvm /home
├─sys_vg-opt_lv 253:7 0 1G 0 lvm /opt
├─sys_vg-tmp_lv 253:8 0 2G 0 lvm /tmp
└─sys_vg-var_lv 253:9 0 2G 0 lvm /var
sdb 8:16 0 20G 0 disk --> entire sdb disk is an LPM PV
├─data_vg-VAR_lv 253:4 0 3.1G 0 lvm /VAR
├─data_vg-OPT_lv 253:5 0 1000M 0 lvm /OPT
└─data_vg-USR_lv 253:6 0 100M 0 lvm /USR
IF the entire device is formatted as an LVM PV, resize the PV to claim the new, unallocated space.
pvresize /dev/sdc
ELSE IF the device is formatted with a partition table, and the partitions are used as LVM PVs (for example
/dev/sdc1), then you will need to create new partitions and create PVs on them :
a) Create a new partition using fdisk /dev/sda then save and quit.
If the following error occurs :
WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.
The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at
the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8)
Then enter the command :
# partx -v -a /dev/sda
b) Check the device nodes for /dev/sda itself and the partitions on it
# ls /dev/sda*
c) Once a new partition has been created (for example sda3), create a new physical volume and add it to
the existing volume group:
# pvcreate /dev/sda3
# vgextend VolGroup00 /dev/sda3
5) Use pvdisplay and vgdisplay to verify results.
6) Use lvextend to extend the logical volume.
lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/mapper/cl-root
7) Use resize2fs to resize the ext2/3 filesystem.
resize2fs /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
If using Rhel 7, then the command differs, as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 uses xfs as the default filesystem
xfs_growfs /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
Resize LVM disk after extending Virtual Machine disk (vmdk)
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Follow these simple steps to resize a Virtual machine disk (vmdk) and then extend the volume using LVM.
Make sure that you have/make a backup before carrying out these steps. First go ahead and extend the
vmdk from ESXi/vCenter. I increased the disk size from 20GB-->>30GB.
Before
After
Then Go ahead and run these commands to extend the LVM volume on Linux host.
First check the existing partitions
# lsblk
Note: If new size is not visible, Run a re-scan of iscsi bus
# lsscsi -s
# ls /sys/class/scsi_disk/
# echo "1" > /sys/class/scsi_disk/2:0:2:0/device/rescan
Note: as it’s the 2nd disk = sdb, scan the 2nd entry
Now resize the physical volume (PV)
# pvresize /dev/sdb
Check the FREE PE (Physical Extents)
# pvdisplay
Take a note of the PE and use it to extend the FS and its associated Logical Volume.
Then identify the LV of the FS to extend.
I want to extend the « /var ». The associated LV can be determined with the following command :
# df -h | grep "/var"
Now extend LV :
# lvextend -l +2560 /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-var_lv
Here 2560 correspond to the amount of FREE PE in the VG
OR
# lvextend -L+1GB /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-var_lv (For specific size extension)
And finally resize the FS.
If FS type is ext2, ext3 or ext4 :
# resize2fs /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-var_lv
OR if FS type is xfs :
# xfs_growfs /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-var_lv
And that’s it. You should be up and running with the extra space with no downtime required or data loss as
it is LVM.
