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I was trying to increase the size of my disk allocated to ubuntu guest in vmware below are the things i have already done

Increased max setting in vmware settings - Done

Partition the new disk space - Done
    fdisk /dev/sda
    created primary partion
    changed system type of partition 4 to 8e (Linux LVM)
    scaning

root@ubuntu:~# partprobe -s

/dev/sda: msdos partitions 1 3 2 <5> 4

3.Increasing the logical volume

root@ubuntu:~# pvcreate /dev/sda4

Physical volume "/dev/sda4" successfully created

4.here is the main issue

root@ubuntu:~# vgdisplay
No volume groups found

expected :-
root@ubuntu:~# vgdisplay
  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               ubuntu
  xxxxx                 xxxxxx

Also tried pvdisplay it gives no vg-name but why ?????

root@ubuntu:~# pvdisplay
  "/dev/sda4" is a new physical volume of "14.00 GiB"
  --- NEW Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/sda4
  VG Name               
  PV Size               14.00 GiB
  Allocatable           NO
  PE Size               0   
  Total PE              0
  Free PE               0
  Allocated PE          0
  PV UUID               syysU7-5XI0-swB9-aOPJ-ur2c-R0Ys-OnPWYf


root@ubuntu:~# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 36.5 GB, 36507222016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4438 cylinders, total 71303168 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 identifier: 0x000d1d96

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048    35127295    17562624   83  Linux
/dev/sda2        35129342    41940991     3405825    5  Extended
/dev/sda3        35127296    35129341        1023   8e  Linux LVM
/dev/sda4        41940992    71303167    14681088   8e  Linux LVM
/dev/sda5        35129344    41940991     3405824   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Any idea why it shows "No volume groups found"

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  • Do you already use LVM for the rest of the system? There will not be a volume group if you (or the OS installer) never created it with vgcreate.
    – Sven
    Jul 2, 2015 at 7:49
  • @Sven i am extending disk first time and was using default setup of ubuntu os till now .....any suggestion
    – pkm
    Jul 2, 2015 at 7:51
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    Read up on how LVM works. Just don't blindly follow tutorials or answers on SF without understanding what you are doing and why. For now, please add the output of fdisk -l to your question to show us all partitions on the system.
    – Sven
    Jul 2, 2015 at 7:56
  • @Sven have added fdisk -l and shows my new /dev/sda4
    – pkm
    Jul 2, 2015 at 8:05
  • Please provide the output of pvs; vgs; lvs - This will provide a summary of your Logical Volume Setup. It seems to me that you have not set up volume group or logical volume - indeed it looks to me like your VM is not using logical volumes which means your approach can not work.
    – davidgo
    Jul 2, 2015 at 9:33

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