How to increase VM disk size without re-deploy the machine
Ref: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1006371
[root@demo ~]# fdisk /dev/sda
-Create a primary partition-
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 [root@demo ~]# fdisk -l Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 64 512000 83 Linux Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda2 64 1306 9972736 8e Linux LVM /dev/sda3 1306 6527 41942367+ 83 Linux [root@demo ~]# pvcreate /dev/sda3 [root@demo ~]# vgextend vg_demo /dev/sda3 [root@demo ~]# vgdisplay vg_demo | grep Free Free PE / Size 10239 / 40.00 GiB [root@demo ~]# lvextend -L+40.00G /dev/vg_demo/lv_root [root@demo ~]# resize2fs /dev/vg_demo/lv_root Note: I wouldn’t do this for any production system as it looks pretty inefficient way to extend volume size.