On Fri, 30 Oct 2009, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Given with "VMware VM" you mean a virtual machine on an ESX(i) system > and that the admin just increased the disk size for the VM, you will see > the additional disk space using fdisk / cfdisk as unallocated space. > Either increase your LVM or create a new partition. > >> What steps do I need to take prior to creating a new partition with >> fdisk? (The SAN space, BTW, is connected through VMware.) >> >> The OS is already residing on a logical volume. Is there any compelling >> reason to bringing the new partition into lvm (aside from the ease of >> resizing it... something I don't anticipate us doing)? Or should I >> simply create an ext3 partition and mount that? > > Depends much on the purpose of the additional space. Generally LVM makes > it very easy to increase any of the existing LVMs / mountpoints. > >> Thanks much. > > Alexander > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- James A. Peltier Systems Analyst (FASNet), VIVARIUM Technical Director HPC Coordinator Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus Phone : 778-782-6573 Fax : 778-782-3045 E-Mail : jpeltier at sfu.ca Website : http://www.fas.sfu.ca | http://vivarium.cs.sfu.ca http://blogs.sfu.ca/people/jpeltier MSN : subatomic_spam at hotmail.com Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months. - Clifford Stoll