# LVM Extending from New Physical Volume

Create new physical volume from new partition

  1. Use fdisk utility to create new partition
  2. pvcreate /dev/<new partition>
  3. pvs

Adding physical volume to volume group

  1. vgextend <volume group> /dev/<new partition>

Extending logical volume

  1. lvextend -L+<size><G or M> /dev/<volume group>/<lv name>
  2. #For XFS:
  3. xfs_grow /<mount_point>
  4. #For EXT4:
  5. resize2fs /<mount>/<point>