How to add new hard drive to existing LVM volume

Sometimes your server running out of space, but if your server configured using LVM Volume, it will not be a problem anymore. Plug your new hard drive and let's configure

1. Creat an LVM partition
[root@oracledev ~]# fdisk /dev/sda
press n for creating new partition
press t for partition type and choose 8e for LVM
press w to write any changes


2. Create LVM physical volume
[root@oracledev ~]# lvm
lvm> pvcreate /dev/sda1
Physical volume "/dev/sda1" successfully created

3. Extend physical volume to existing logical volume group
lvm> vgextend VolGroup00 /dev/sda1
Volume group "VolGroup00" successfully extended

4. Extend the volume to 100%
lvm> lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02
Extending logical volume LogVol02 to 323.47 GB
Logical volume LogVol02 successfully resized

5. Resize the partition size, but unmount it firstly
[root@oracledev ~]# resize2fs /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02

reff:http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/csgfs/browse/4.6/Cluster_Logical_Volume_Manager/