I'm struggling with resizing a CentOs Partition on a Server. I found some steps, but I'm not sure which circumstances I face and whats the correct approach and i definitely cannot mess that up. The space should already be available, but the partition is not resized as far as I can tell. The goal is to extend the partition /dev/sdb1 from 197GB to 1TB
Below are the "lsblk", "df -h" and "fdisk -l" results which should show my current situation.
[ ~]# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 50G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 1G 0 part /boot
├─sda2 8:2 0 3.7G 0 part [SWAP]
└─sda3 8:3 0 45.3G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 1T 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 0 1024G 0 part /var/www/vhosts
sdc 8:32 0 50G 0 disk
└─sdc1 8:33 0 50G 0 part /var/lib/psa
sr0 11:0 1 680M 0 rom
[ ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /dev
tmpfs 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 7.8G 12M 7.8G 1% /run
tmpfs 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda3 45G 7.0G 36G 17% /
/dev/sda1 976M 135M 775M 15% /boot
/dev/sdc1 50G 53M 47G 1% /var/lib/psa
/dev/sdb1 197G 126G 62G 68% /var/www/vhosts
tmpfs 1.6G 0 1.6G 0% /run/user/0
[ ~]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 53.7 GB, 53687091200 bytes, 104857600 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0009c4b4
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 2099199 1048576 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 2099200 9910271 3905536 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 9910272 104855551 47472640 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 1099.5 GB, 1099511627776 bytes, 2147483648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x8e948ef1
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2048 2147483647 1073740800 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdc: 53.7 GB, 53687091200 bytes, 104857600 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x7677284e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 2048 104857599 52427776 83 Linux
I found this answer here on an external page, but I'm not familiar with the commands and cannot tell, if thats the right way to go (if allowed I can paste the url). Partition Paths have not beed update to mine.
There are three steps to make:
- alter your partition table so sda2 ends at end of disk
- reread the partition table (will require a reboot)
- resize your LVM pv using pvresize
Step 1 - Partition table Run fdisk /dev/sda. Issue p to print your current partition table and copy that output to some safe place. Now issue d followed by 2 to remove the second partition. Issue n to create a new second partition. Make sure the start equals the start of the partition table you printed earlier. Make sure the end is at the end of the disk (usually the default).
Issue t followed by 2 followed by 8e to toggle the partition type of your new second partition to 8e (Linux LVM).
Issue p to review your new partition layout and make sure the start of the new second partition is exactly where the old second partition was.
If everything looks right, issue w to write the partition table to disk. You will get an error message from partprobe that the partition table couldn't be reread (because the disk is in use).
Step 2 Reboot your system This step is neccessary so the partition table gets re-read.
Step 3 Resize the LVM PV After your system rebooted invoke pvresize /dev/sda2. Your Physical LVM volume will now span the rest of the drive and you can create or extend logical volumes into that space.
The question is, is that the right way to increase the partition size without loosing any data on it for a CentOs System?
Thank you
