Re: [CentOS] how to resize a partition of a disk define as a physical volume

2017-02-22 Thread Istimsak Abdulbasir
On Feb 22, 2017 7:45 AM, "Bernard Fay" wrote: Hello, I have a CentOS VM with only one disk on a Xenserver. The disk has 2 partitions: /dev/xvda1 -> /boot /dev/xvda2 -> a physical volume for LVM I added 5GB to this disk via Xencenter to extend /dev/xvda2. Usually I just have to do "pvresize

Re: [CentOS] how to resize a partition of a disk define as a physical volume

2017-02-22 Thread m . roth
...@centos.org] Im Auftrag von Bernard >> > Fay >> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2017 14:18 >> > An: CentOS mailing list >> > Betreff: Re: [CentOS] how to resize a partition of a disk define as a >> > physical volume >> > >> > I sho

Re: [CentOS] how to resize a partition of a disk define as a physical volume

2017-02-22 Thread John Hodrien
On Wed, 22 Feb 2017, Gianluca Cecchi wrote: On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Bernard Fay wrote: How do you resize the partition without loosing data? gparted does not support LVM. If you don't trust yourself to do it right, just create a new partition on the disk, pvcreate it, add it to th

Re: [CentOS] how to resize a partition of a disk define as a physical volume

2017-02-22 Thread Bernard Fay
I usually use the whole disk a PV but this disk has the /boot partition which cannot be LVM. I decided to simply use the third partition as another PV and extended the VG. Thanks, On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Gianluca Cecchi wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Bernard Fay > wrote:

Re: [CentOS] how to resize a partition of a disk define as a physical volume

2017-02-22 Thread Gianluca Cecchi
On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Bernard Fay wrote: > How do you resize the partition without loosing data? > > gparted does not support LVM. > > It is preferrable to create PV on the whole disk also to manage these kind of situations. In case I have to manage with partitions, the must is that yo

Re: [CentOS] how to resize a partition of a disk define as a physical volume

2017-02-22 Thread Bernard Fay
hricht- > > Von: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] Im Auftrag von Bernard > > Fay > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2017 14:18 > > An: CentOS mailing list > > Betreff: Re: [CentOS] how to resize a partition of a disk define as a > > physical volume >

Re: [CentOS] how to resize a partition of a disk define as a physical volume

2017-02-22 Thread SysAdmin
: Re: [CentOS] how to resize a partition of a disk define as a > physical volume > > I should have added the output of pvs: > > [root ~]# pvs > PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree > /dev/xvda2 cl_vm731611 lvm2 a-- 9.00g0 > > PFree still show 0. It sho

Re: [CentOS] how to resize a partition of a disk define as a physical volume

2017-02-22 Thread Bernard Fay
I should have added the output of pvs: [root ~]# pvs PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree /dev/xvda2 cl_vm731611 lvm2 a-- 9.00g0 PFree still show 0. It should show 5g. Also: [root ~]# pvdisplay /dev/xvda2 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/xvda2 VG Name

Re: [CentOS] how to resize a partition of a disk define as a physical volume

2017-02-22 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 07:44:33AM -0500, Bernard Fay wrote: > Hello, > > I have a CentOS VM with only one disk on a Xenserver. > > The disk has 2 partitions: > > /dev/xvda1 -> /boot > /dev/xvda2 -> a physical volume for LVM > > > I added 5GB to this disk via Xencenter to extend /dev/xvda2. U