Follow the steps:
1) Add your new disk (Virtual disk or physical LUN)
2) Find them:
echo “- – -” > /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/scan
3) Do a partition (type 8e=> LVM)
fdisk /dev/sdb
n
p
default =1
default
t
8e
w
4) Create Physical Volume on partition
pvcreate /dev/sdb1
5) Add the PV to the Volume Group
vgdisplay # show your volume groups, I need to add sdb1 to fbmsvn01
vgextend fbmsvn01 /dev/sdb1
6) Add the new space on the VG to the Logical Volume(I add 5GB)
lvdisplay # shows your logical volumes , I need to extend /dev/fbmsvn01/var
lvextend -L+5G /dev/fbmsvn01/var
7) Resize the filesystem on the LV
resize2fs /dev/fbmsvn01/var # resize your partition, so it gets the new inodes. if it’s your root partition a backup may give you some peace.
8) done.
Extra documentation: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/vmware-add-a-new-hard-disk-without-rebooting-guest.html
