Add the disk via vSphere/VirtualCenter
Reboot (if you have scsitools you can also run ‘rescan-scsi-bus.sh’ instead of rebooting
Commands
fdisk -l # Display new disks w/o partition tables fdisk /dev/<newdisk> n (for new partition) p (for primary partition) 1 (partition number) (keep the other values default) w (write changes)
fdisk /dev/<newdisk>
(change partition type) 8e (for Linux LVM) w (write changes)
pvcreate /dev/<newdisk>
vgcreate <NewVolGrpName> <newdisk> OR vgextend <VolGrpName> /dev/<newdisk>
lvdisplay # shows all logical volumes
lvextend -L +10G /dev/<VolGroupName>/Name
