Re: [CentOS] safest way to grow a LV under VMware ESXi5.5

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Boris Epstein wrote: > > Does it make any difference whether to use full disk device for your LV > (i.e., /dev/sdc or some such) or make a partition instead (say, /dev/sdc1 > covering the whole disk end to end)? I mean, are there any pro's

Re: [CentOS] safest way to grow a LV under VMware ESXi5.5

> > > Ok, that *is* small. I'd worry about a logfile suddenly growing massively, > and freezing your system. (Yes, it has happened here, and then there was > the time a summer student ran something, wouldn't be back until Monday... > and got a 20G logfile, which blew out the NFS-mounted home

Re: [CentOS] safest way to grow a LV under VMware ESXi5.5

On 10/30/2015 08:42 AM, Boris Epstein wrote: I am thinking either growing the virtual HD virtual device, or creating a new device and adding it as a PV to the VM Either of those should work. Whichever you choose should be the path you take in the future. I don't use VMware, but I suspect

[CentOS] safest way to grow a LV under VMware ESXi5.5

Hello all, In your view, what is the most reliable and safe way to increase an LV housing the root filesystem of a Centos 6 VM. I am thinking either growing the virtual HD virtual device, or creating a new device and adding it as a PV to the VM, or perhaps migrating the whole FS to a new virtual

Re: [CentOS] safest way to grow a LV under VMware ESXi5.5

Boris Epstein wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:57 PM, wrote: > >> Boris Epstein wrote: > > >> > In your view, what is the most reliable and safe way to increase an LV >> > housing the root filesystem of a Centos 6 VM. I am thinking either >> > growing the virtual HD virtual

Re: [CentOS] safest way to grow a LV under VMware ESXi5.5

Boris Epstein wrote: > Hello all, > > In your view, what is the most reliable and safe way to increase an LV > housing the root filesystem of a Centos 6 VM. I am thinking either growing > the virtual HD virtual device, or creating a new device and adding it as a > PV to the VM, or perhaps

Re: [CentOS] safest way to grow a LV under VMware ESXi5.5

Hi, The best and safe way to do that is by adding another vHD as a new PV to your root_vg and then grow your LV. No need to stop services, shutdown or reboot the VM; if it's in prod environment. Julius > On Oct 30, 2015, at 19:18, Boris Epstein wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct

Re: [CentOS] safest way to grow a LV under VMware ESXi5.5

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:57 PM, wrote: > Boris Epstein wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > In your view, what is the most reliable and safe way to increase an LV > > housing the root filesystem of a Centos 6 VM. I am thinking either > growing > > the virtual HD virtual device, or