[SOLVED] Extend LVM (shared storage)

[RogerSik]

Hello,

I created with lvm a volume group over fibre channel and added it over the webinterface into Proxmox Storage. It is working fine.

Only problem is i don't get the storage extended. I extended the volume on the storage from 1tb to 4tb.

# lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/mapper/san-ext4-part1
 skip_dev_dir: Couldn't split up device name san-ext4-part1.
 "/dev/mapper/san-ext4-part1": Invalid path for Logical Volume.
 Run `lvextend --help' for more information.

 

[Stoiko Ivanov]

If you want to resize the storage (FC-LUN, on top of which you have a LVM - volume group) - you need to resize the physical volume with `pvresize` (man pvresize) `lvextend` is used to resize logical volume (the vm-disks) inside a volumegroup

after resizing the lun on your storage-appliance:
* check `dmesg` - the kernel needs to recognize the size change
* check `lsblk`, whether you have a partition-table on the LUN
** if yes -you need to resize the partition, before doing `pveresize`
* run `pvresize`

 

[RogerSik]

Thanks @Stoiko. With gdisk I could resize the disk and then complete with pvresize.

 

[Stoiko Ivanov]

Glad the resize went smoothly! Please mark the Thread as Solved - so that other users know what to expect. Thanks!

 

[thelovebelow]

If you want to resize the storage (FC-LUN, on top of which you have a LVM - volume group) - you need to resize the physical volume with `pvresize` (man pvresize) `lvextend` is used to resize logical volume (the vm-disks) inside a volumegroup

after resizing the lun on your storage-appliance:
* check `dmesg` - the kernel needs to recognize the size change
* check `lsblk`, whether you have a partition-table on the LUN
** if yes -you need to resize the partition, before doing `pveresize`
* run `pvresize`

What's the "better" approach: increasing the LUN on the storage? Or just creating a new LUN and adding it to the VG?