[CentOS] not using LVM for Linux VM guests?

[Barry Brimer]

Quoting "Smithies, Russell" <Russell.Smithies at agresearch.co.nz>:

> Perhaps I'm doing it wrong then.
>
> 1). In Vmware, extend the existing disk by changing the provisioned size in
> the vSphere client.
> 2). In Centos, create an additional partition with fdisk,
> 3). Somehow reread the partition table without rebooting??
> 4). pvcreate
> 5). vgextend
> 6). lvextend
> 7). resize2fs
>
> What I find is that without a reboot, the OS doesn't see the partition so
> can't pvcreate etc.
>
> --Russell
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> > Behalf Of Reindl Harald
> > Sent: Friday, 18 November 2011 10:48 a.m.
> > To: centos at centos.org
> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] not using LVM for Linux VM guests?
> >
> >
> >
> > Am 17.11.2011 22:36, schrieb Smithies, Russell:
> > > Tried that, as well as rescanning the scsi bus, Everything I've tried
> > > returns a warning about kernel unable to reread partition table and
> > > requiring a reboot to see any modifications.
> >
> > gparted does tell you this since years after modify but i have never in my
> life
> > rebooted a linux system because partition changes

Step 3 .. run partprobe.