Add new disk without reboot: echo "- - -" | tee /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/scan Rescan disk after resize without reboot echo 1 > /sys/block/sdX/device/rescan pvresize /dev/sdb Check the volume group (VG) size: vgdisplay lvresize -l +100%FREE /dev/mapper/vol1-lvol0 resize2fs /dev/mapper/vol1-lvol0