Difference between revisions of "Disk management"

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echo 1 > /sys/block/sdb/device/rescan
 
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Rescan a physical volume:
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pvresize /dev/sdb
 
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To manage a large disk (>2TB), use parted.
 
To manage a large disk (>2TB), use parted.
 
  
 
=Logical volumes / filesystems=
 
=Logical volumes / filesystems=

Latest revision as of 12:52, 26 April 2016

Physical volumes / Partitions

Rescan scsi bus:

echo "- - -" >> /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/scan

Rescan a disk after resizing it:

echo 1 > /sys/block/sdb/device/rescan

Rescan a physical volume:

pvresize /dev/sdb

To manage a large disk (>2TB), use parted.

Logical volumes / filesystems

Resize jfs filesystem

lvresize --size +5G /dev/vg0/lv0
mount -o remount,resize /dev/vg0/lv0

Resize ext filesystem

lvresize --size +5G /dev/vg0/lv0
resize2fs /dev/vg0/lv0