I want to extend an existing lvm ( volume group "VolGroup00" using metadata type lvm2) [root@linux2 ~]# df -kh Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 58G 12G 44G 21% / /dev/sda1 99M 27M 68M 29% /boot tmpfs 7.9G 0 7.9G 0% /dev/shm [root@linux2 ~]# vgscan Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Found volume group "VolGroup00" using metadata type lvm2 [root@linux2 ~]# lvmdiskscan /dev/ram0 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/root [ 58.84 GB] /dev/ram [ 16.00 MB] /dev/sda1 [ 101.94 MB] /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 [ 8.78 GB] /dev/ram2 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/sda2 [ 67.65 GB] LVM physical volume /dev/ram3 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram4 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram5 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram6 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram7 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram8 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram9 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram10 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram11 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram12 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram13 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram14 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram15 [ 16.00 MB] 2 disks 17 partitions 0 LVM physical volume whole disks 1 LVM physical volume [root@linux2 ~]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 72.7 GB, 72746008576 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8844 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/sda2 14 8844 70935007+ 8e Linux LVM [root@linux2 ~]# Can you point out the safe way to do it? Am thinking to do the following steps on my RHEL5.1 vgs pvcreate /dev/lun2 vgextend vg01 /dev/lun2 lvextend -L +1G /dev/vg01/lv01 resize2fs /mount/point/of/lv01 Thanks -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list