How do you extend LVM size?

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To extend LVM, follow these steps: 1. Create a new partition. 2. Initialize the partition as a physical volume. 3. Add the physical volume to the volume group. 4. Extend the logical volume. 5. Resize the file system.

Create a new partition using tools like fdisk or parted.
Initialize the partition as a physical volume using the pvcreate command.
Add the physical volume to the volume group using the vgextend command.
Extend the logical volume using the lvextend command.
Resize the file system using tools like resize2fs or xfs_growfs.

Accepted Answer

1.First umount the filesystem using umount (mount point directory).

2. extend the lvm using lvextend -L +size of lvm (logical volume path)

3. update size info to filesystem using resize2fs (logical volume path)

4. mount (logical volume path)

5. mount -a

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