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Suppose we have already configured LVM, for example, as I described in this article – Setting up and using LVM

Switch to the root user:

sudo -i

If there is no hot-swap drive, turn off the server, connect a new disk, turn on the server and look at the name of the new disk (in my case it’s /dev/sdd):

fdisk -l

Let’s see the existing groups and how much space is left:

vgdisplay

Let’s see a list of physical volumes:

pvdisplay

Let’s start marking a new disk:

fdisk /dev/sdd
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Now create a physical volume:

pvcreate /dev/sdd1

Let’s see a list of logical volumes:

lvdisplay

We extend it by adding a new partition (where ixnfo is a volume group):

vgextend ixnfo /dev/sdd1

See the list of physical volumes as follows:

pvscan

Let’s look at the path of the logical volume (in my case /dev/ixnfo/temp) and add a new section:

lvextend /dev/ixnfo/temp /dev/sdd1

Let’s see the size of the mounted logical volume:

df -h

So the size did not change, we’ll fix it with the command:

resize2fs /dev/ixnfo/temp

Done.

LVM (Logical Volume Management) allows you to compile multiple disks and areas from disks into one logical volume and then split again as you like.

PV (Physical Volume) — partition or whole disk
VG (Volume Group) — a single disk assembled from physical volumes
LV (Logical Volume)

Switch to the root user:

sudo -i

Install LVM if it is not already installed (Ubuntu/Debian):

apt-get install lvm2

Let’s look at the information about the disks:

fdisk -l

On the test I have /dev/sda with the system and not marked /dev/sdb.

Let’s make the physical partition all /dev/sdb without partitioning:

pvcreate /dev/sdb

To view the list of physical volumes, use the command:

pvdisplay

Create a volume group named ixnfo:

vgcreate ixnfo /dev/sdb

If necessary, delete as follows:

vgremove ixnfo

Example of viewing existing groups and how much space is left:

vgdisplay

For the test, create a logical volume “temp” of 100 megabytes:

lvcreate -L100 -n temp ixnfo

To view the list of logical volumes, use the command:

lvdisplay

Let’s format it:

mkfs.ext4 -L temp /dev/ixnfo/temp

Create a folder, mount the created volume:

mkdir /mnt/temp
mount /dev/ixnfo/temp /mnt/temp

You can unmount it like this:

umount /mnt/temp/

See also:
Adding a disk to LVM
Managing disk partitions in Ubuntu using fdisk