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Proxmox - Increase VM Disk Size Posted Oct 1, 2016 By harryvasanth 9 min read Steps These are the steps to increase the disk size of the VMs in Proxmox

Add new disk in Proxmox VE UI Partition the new disk Create a new physical device (using pvcreate) Extend the existing volume group Extend the logical volume Extend the file system (ext4 in my case) Check current storage First lets check how much space left on the VM:

root@jupyterhub:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /dev tmpfs 396M 11M 385M 3% /run /dev/mapper/ubuntu1604--vg-root 18G 15G 1.8G 90% / tmpfs 2.0G 4.0K 2.0G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/mapper/ubuntu1604--vg-home 20G 44M 19G 1% /home/jupyter /dev/mapper/ubuntu1604--vg-log 465M 112M 325M 26% /var/log /dev/sda1 472M 155M 293M 35% /boot tmpfs 396M 0 396M 0% /run/user/2160 Now lets see all the available disks on the system after adding a new disk through Promox VE User Interface:

root@testvm:~# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 10 GiB, 10737418240 bytes, 20971520 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x93152316

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 * 2048 999423 997376 487M 83 Linux /dev/sda2 1001470 20969471 19968002 9.5G 5 Extended /dev/sda5 1001472 20969471 19968000 9.5G 8e Linux LVM


Disk /dev/sdb: 64 GiB, 68719476736 bytes, 134217728 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sdc: 32 GiB, 34359738368 bytes, 67108864 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 6B4A0899-D3D5-4771-856D-EDB254829C91

Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sdc1 2048 67108830 67106783 32G Linux filesystem


Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu1604--vg-root: 17.5 GiB, 18815647744 bytes, 36749312 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu1604--vg-swap: 952 MiB, 998244352 bytes, 1949696 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu1604--vg-log: 488 MiB, 511705088 bytes, 999424 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu1604--vg-home: 20 GiB, 21474836480 bytes, 41943040 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Partitioning the new disk As you can see the 64 GiB disk is present without any partitioning. Lets go ahead and partition that disk:

root@testvm:~# fdisk /dev/sdb

Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.27.1). Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. Be careful before using the write command.

Device does not contain a recognized partition table. Created a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x193c65a1.

Command (m for help): n Partition type

  p   primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
  e   extended (container for logical partitions)

Select (default p): p Partition number (1-4, default 1): 1 First sector (2048-134217727, default 2048): Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G,T,P} (2048-134217727, default 134217727):

Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux' and of size 64 GiB.

Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 64 GiB, 68719476736 bytes, 134217728 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x193c65a1

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sdb1 2048 134217727 134215680 64G 83 Linux

Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 64 GiB, 68719476736 bytes, 134217728 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x193c65a1

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sdb1 2048 134217727 134215680 64G 83 Linux

Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered. Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Syncing disks. Now let’s create a new physical device with the newly partitioned disk using pvcreate and view it using pvdisplay:

root@testvm:~# pvcreate /dev/sdb1

 Physical volume "/dev/sdb1" successfully created

root@jupyterhub:~# pvdisplay

 --- Physical volume ---
 PV Name               /dev/sda5
 VG Name               ubuntu1604-vg
 PV Size               9.52 GiB / not usable 2.00 MiB
 Allocatable           yes (but full)
 PE Size               4.00 MiB
 Total PE              2437
 Free PE               0
 Allocated PE          2437
 PV UUID               qNCelA-nJDf-NX7Q-ZkK4-iR4M-vQho-mfFqA1
 --- Physical volume ---
 PV Name               /dev/sdc1
 VG Name               ubuntu1604-vg
 PV Size               32.00 GiB / not usable 2.98 MiB
 Allocatable           yes
 PE Size               4.00 MiB
 Total PE              8191
 Free PE               662
 Allocated PE          7529
 PV UUID               fu3bxw-oCCH-jOh1-428b-lAQf-DCBe-E6KQiv
 "/dev/sdb1" is a new physical volume of "64.00 GiB"
 --- NEW Physical volume ---
 PV Name               /dev/sdb1
 VG Name
 PV Size               64.00 GiB
 Allocatable           NO
 PE Size               0
 Total PE              0
 Free PE               0
 Allocated PE          0
 PV UUID               F0FsRP-ROTm-xbMv-7I3D-E0Jh-mfBw-rM4mn4

Check current volume group Thereafter, let’s go ahead and check the current volume groups using vgdisplay:

root@testvm:~# vgdisplay

 --- Volume group ---
 VG Name               ubuntu1604-vg
 System ID
 Format                lvm2
 Metadata Areas        2
 Metadata Sequence No  12
 VG Access             read/write
 VG Status             resizable
 MAX LV                0
 Cur LV                4
 Open LV               4
 Max PV                0
 Cur PV                2
 Act PV                2
 VG Size               41.52 GiB
 PE Size               4.00 MiB
 Total PE              10628
 Alloc PE / Size       9966 / 38.93 GiB
 Free  PE / Size       662 / 2.59 GiB
 VG UUID               BR84gF-JBKN-ndcp-At3G-l9UB-4CAs-KVyyta

Extend current volume group Now we can extend it using vgextend and verify it using vgdisplay:

root@testvm:~# vgextend ubuntu1604-vg /dev/sdb1

 Volume group "ubuntu1604-vg" successfully extended

root@testvm:~# vgdisplay

 --- Volume group ---
 VG Name               ubuntu1604-vg
 System ID
 Format                lvm2
 Metadata Areas        3
 Metadata Sequence No  13
 VG Access             read/write
 VG Status             resizable
 MAX LV                0
 Cur LV                4
 Open LV               4
 Max PV                0
 Cur PV                3
 Act PV                3
 VG Size               105.51 GiB
 PE Size               4.00 MiB
 Total PE              27011
 Alloc PE / Size       9966 / 38.93 GiB
 Free  PE / Size       17045 / 66.58 GiB
 VG UUID               BR84gF-JBKN-ndcp-At3G-l9UB-4CAs-KVyyta

Thereafter, lets go ahead and check the logical volumes using lvdisplay:

root@testvm:~# lvdisplay

 --- Logical volume ---
 LV Path                /dev/ubuntu1604-vg/swap
 LV Name                swap
 VG Name                ubuntu1604-vg
 LV UUID                0SYO9N-bAdU-vfGR-soF1-vvcp-Bg8v-EPrJEL
 LV Write Access        read/write
 LV Creation host, time ubuntu1604, 2017-06-27 15:12:58 +0100
 LV Status              available
 # open                 2
 LV Size                952.00 MiB
 Current LE             238
 Segments               1
 Allocation             inherit
 Read ahead sectors     auto
 - currently set to     256
 Block device           252:1
 --- Logical volume ---
 LV Path                /dev/ubuntu1604-vg/log
 LV Name                log
 VG Name                ubuntu1604-vg
 LV UUID                fXp0kR-TYBp-mdiS-sYXd-ja2S-dABf-ThjEf0
 LV Write Access        read/write
 LV Creation host, time ubuntu1604, 2017-06-27 15:13:14 +0100
 LV Status              available
 # open                 1
 LV Size                488.00 MiB
 Current LE             122
 Segments               1
 Allocation             inherit
 Read ahead sectors     auto
 - currently set to     256
 Block device           252:2
 --- Logical volume ---
 LV Path                /dev/ubuntu1604-vg/root
 LV Name                root
 VG Name                ubuntu1604-vg
 LV UUID                WwteZj-vPhz-3iNC-26Dg-Ju36-o6xe-75WRto
 LV Write Access        read/write
 LV Creation host, time ubuntu1604, 2017-06-27 15:13:50 +0100
 LV Status              available
 # open                 1
 LV Size                17.52 GiB
 Current LE             4486
 Segments               2
 Allocation             inherit
 Read ahead sectors     auto
 - currently set to     256
 Block device           252:0
 --- Logical volume ---
 LV Path                /dev/ubuntu1604-vg/home
 LV Name                home
 VG Name                ubuntu1604-vg
 LV UUID                OQHBcC-aEeD-ePLq-ezMU-3OgV-JPyn-2yarKe
 LV Write Access        read/write
 LV Creation host, time ubuntu1604, 2017-09-27 12:16:53 +0100
 LV Status              available
 # open                 1
 LV Size                20.00 GiB
 Current LE             5120
 Segments               1
 Allocation             inherit
 Read ahead sectors     auto
 - currently set to     256
 Block device           252:3

Extend the root volume Lets extend the root volume by 10 GiB using lvextend:

root@testvm:~# lvextend --resizefs -L+10G /dev/ubuntu1604-vg/root

 Size of logical volume ubuntu1604-vg/root changed from 22.52 GiB (5766 extents) to 32.52 GiB (8326 extents).
 Logical volume root successfully resized.

resize2fs 1.42.13 (17-May-2015) Filesystem at /dev/mapper/ubuntu1604--vg-root is mounted on /; on-line resizing required old_desc_blocks = 2, new_desc_blocks = 3 The filesystem on /dev/mapper/ubuntu1604--vg-root is now 8525824 (4k) blocks long. Allocate entire disk space to the volume In case we want the entire disk space to extended you can simply assign 100% of the free space.

root@testvm:~# lvextend --resizefs -l +100%FREE /dev/ubuntu1604-vg/root