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I have VMware server installed on Ubuntu Server 10.04. I managed to get to the VMware Infrastructure Web Access interface, however I didn't allocate enough space on my LVM initially to start adding virtual machines.

I just resized using lvresize to 360GB, as shown using lvdisplay (Size 357.80 GiB). But the standard datastore in the VMware Infrastructure Web Access interface still says it has a 17.52 GB capacity.

Is resizing the LVM enough or do I have to resize something else to get this to work? Or is it simply that VMware hasn't updated for some reason? I already tried restarting the vmware services and that didn't work... anyone have any suggestions?

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Have you tried restarting vmware services? Rebooted the machine? – Vick Vega Apr 13 '11 at 21:08
Trying a machine reboot right now... no dice. – user29600 Apr 13 '11 at 21:13
When logging in after rebooting it says "Usage of /: 14.3% of 17.52GB"... looks like that's where my problem is, it didn't actually resize the partition. I did the lvresize on /dev/hostname/root and the lvdisplay on /dev/hostname/root and it says 357.80 GiB... – user29600 Apr 13 '11 at 21:21
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Your lvm has been extended, but the filesystem on top of it is still the size of the old disk.

Unmount the partition (probably shutting down the VMware services beforehand):

/etc/init.d/vmware stop
umount /dev/mapper/volumename

Then extend the filesystem; the command to do the extend depends on which filesystem is running.

For ext4, the default on Ubuntu 10.04:

resize4fs /dev/mapper/volumename

Or, for ext2/3:

resize2fs /dev/mapper/volumename
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Thanks! It is ext4. Does it matter if it's root I'd need to unmount? – user29600 Apr 14 '11 at 14:42
@user29600 Yup, that won't work. In that case, you'll want to boot to something else to make the needed change. I'll recommend System Rescue CD. – Shane Madden Apr 14 '11 at 14:59
Uh... I'm looking in gparted using System Rescue CD and it says my /dev/Hostname/root isn't in there are a partition. It only lists /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2 > /dev/sda5, and unallocated. – user29600 Apr 14 '11 at 15:45
@user29600 Gparted doesn't support LVM; you'll want to just use the normal ol' command prompt. – Shane Madden Apr 14 '11 at 15:59
Sorry to continue this for so long, I appreciate the help. I'm out of gparted. root@sysresccd /root % fdisk -l, still lists the same as above. lvdisplay and vgdisplay say "No volume groups found". ideas? – user29600 Apr 14 '11 at 16:17
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