How to Extend Lvm Allocted PE With Freee PE

LVM EXTEND

How to extend lvm size use free PE

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# show volume group information
vgdisplay 
  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               ubuntu-vg
  System ID
  Format                lvm2
  Metadata Areas        1
  Metadata Sequence No  2
  VG Access             read/write
  VG Status             resizable
  MAX LV                0
  Cur LV                1
  Open LV               1
  Max PV                0
  Cur PV                1
  Act PV                1
  VG Size               <99.00 GiB
  PE Size               4.00 MiB
  Total PE              25343
  Alloc PE / Size       1024 / 4.00 GiB
  Free  PE / Size       24319 / <95.00 GiB
  VG UUID               KblInT-Z6k6-1NM3-ybyV-eufy-y1vc-BiIoEM

Remember 24319 from Free PE / Size 24319 / <95.00 GiB

list logical volume

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lvdisplay

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  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Path                /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv
  LV Name                ubuntu-lv
  VG Name                ubuntu-vg
  LV UUID                Pi0Id7-riMg-BtmN-sfdF-gIjX-KrCp-TxxCBt
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Creation host, time ubuntu-server, 2018-12-12 03:43:02 +0000
  LV Status              available
  # open                 1
  LV Size                4.00 GiB
  Current LE             1024
  Segments               1
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     auto
  - currently set to     256
  Block device           253:0

Remember LV Path: /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv

Extend Free PE to lvm

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lvextend -l +24319 /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv

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root@template-ubutu1804:/home/autotest# vgdisplay
  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               ubuntu-vg
  System ID
  Format                lvm2
  Metadata Areas        1
  Metadata Sequence No  3
  VG Access             read/write
  VG Status             resizable
  MAX LV                0
  Cur LV                1
  Open LV               1
  Max PV                0
  Cur PV                1
  Act PV                1
  VG Size               <99.00 GiB
  PE Size               4.00 MiB
  Total PE              25343
  Alloc PE / Size       25343 / <99.00 GiB
  Free  PE / Size       0 / 0
  VG UUID               KblInT-Z6k6-1NM3-ybyV-eufy-y1vc-BiIoEM
  
resize2fs /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv
resize2fs 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
Filesystem at /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv is mounted on /; on-line resizing required
old_desc_blocks = 1, new_desc_blocks = 13
The filesystem on /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv is now 25951232 (4k) blocks long. 

Check volume group information

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vgdisplay

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root@template-ubutu1804:/home/autotest# vgdisplay
  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               ubuntu-vg
  System ID
  Format                lvm2
  Metadata Areas        1
  Metadata Sequence No  3
  VG Access             read/write
  VG Status             resizable
  MAX LV                0
  Cur LV                1
  Open LV               1
  Max PV                0
  Cur PV                1
  Act PV                1
  VG Size               <99.00 GiB
  PE Size               4.00 MiB
  Total PE              25343
  Alloc PE / Size       25343 / <99.00 GiB
  Free  PE / Size       0 / 0

You will see Alloc PE size is 25343, size of Free PE is 0.

Brief of command

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vgdisplay 
lvdisplay
lvextend -l +24319 /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv
resize2fs /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv
vgdisplay
lvdisplay