Re: Adding new disk to volume group

fdisk -l

Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 36.4 GB, 36414750720 bytes 255 heads, 32 sectors/track, 8716 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8160 * 512 = 4177920 bytes

           Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1               1           2        8144    4  FAT16 <32M
/dev/cciss/c0d0p2   *           3          52      204000   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p4             285        8716    34402560    f  W95 
Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/cciss/c0d0p5             285        8064    31742384   8e  Linux LVM
/dev/cciss/c0d0p6            8065        8578     2097104   82  Linux swap

Disk /dev/cciss/c0d1: 36.4 GB, 36414750720 bytes 255 heads, 32 sectors/track, 8716 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8160 * 512 = 4177920 bytes

Disk /dev/cciss/c0d1 doesn't contain a valid partition table

[root@lx6 cciss]# vgdisplay -v

    Finding all volume groups
    Finding volume group "VolGroup00"
    Fixing up missing format1 size (30.27 GB) for PV /dev/cciss/c0d0p5

• Volume group --- VG Name VolGroup00 System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 7 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 5 Open LV 5 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 30.25 GB PE Size 32.00 MB Total PE 968 Alloc PE / Size 870 / 27.19 GB Free PE / Size 98 / 3.06 GB VG UUID psKZl5-5omn-3pqG-S6Ip-i4wR-9OGc-7LSmbP
• Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID Sng7Z5-PTPx-snkr-nAzW-PkKz-LkUt-7TZTaS LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 4.00 GB Current LE 128 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:0
• Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID nDG0HT-xL9G-xD9D-emyJ-g4mf-huCj-SOvgnz LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 5.00 GB Current LE 160 Segments 2 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:1
• Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02 VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID P9cXHo-BttJ-IHgo-b8Vw-xPjM-ncxA-Vjcv08 LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 1.00 GB Current LE 32 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:2
• Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol03 VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID lDHKwJ-Y0Lf-3SR4-NoNr-ZjN2-cH4O-B8718x LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 4.00 GB Current LE 128 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:3
• Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol04 VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID jS7ech-ru2u-08JG-ulZp-sPbr-lfSV-2FsCCO LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 13.19 GB Current LE 422 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:4
• Physical volumes --- PV Name /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 PV UUID NTkXuW-R4CJ-HqxT-WYAp-hOjb-8YTB-1Fj0vL PV Status allocatable Total PE / Free PE 968 / 98

One volume group was only setup "VolGroup00"

Geofrey Rainey wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Firstly, please answer these two questions:
>
> 1. what do you see with this command:
>
> # fdisk -l
>
> 2. How many volume groups do you have? (you can find this information
> With the following command. The -v flag will give more verbose output
> including the logical volumes associated with each volume group):
>
> # vgdisplay -v
>
> Regards,
> Geofrey Rainey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces@redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Kory Wheatley
> Sent: Thursday, 27 September 2007 8:51 a.m.
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Adding new disk to volume group
>
> Currently I'm using Red Hat Enterprise 4 that has two disk on a Hardware
> Raid 1 (Smart Array 5i controller) that is setup in a Volume Group
> (VolGroup00) with the following logical volumes LogVol00, LogVol01,
> LogVol02, LogVol03, LogVol04, and LogVol05. I recently added two more
>
> disks in our system/server (these are internal disks on a HP Proliant
> DL380 g2) and set these disk as a Hardware Raid 1. Now I haven't used
> Fdisk or nothing on these new disks.
>
> Here's my question: How do I add the new disks to the already existing
> Volume Group so that I can have more space on the Volume Group. Being a
> Raid1 I know your only adding one disk. Could someone send me the exact
> commands to use?
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