LVM: Extend an existing Volume Group by adding a new disk
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LVM: Extend an existing Volume Group by adding a new disk
# Tested on RHEL 5, 6 & 7
# First, verify the disk/partition to use on the new VG with "fdisk" or any other similar # tool DISK=/dev/sdd1 VG=vgdatabase # Initialize disk under LVM pvcreate $DISK # Add disk to VG vgextend $VG $DISK # Check vgdisplay -v $VG |