If you followed my previous article on deploying a nested ESXi on KVM, you may eventually need to increase the size of the default datastore1 as you continue your experimentation and deployments. Do not simply increase the size of the original backing KVM qcow2 disk (qemu-img resize), because then you would need to get this … VMware: Extending datastore1 on a ESXi host nested within KVM
It is common for a virtualized Guest OS base image to have a generic storage capacity. This capacity can easily be exceeded by production scenarios, performance testing, logging, or even the general cruft of running a machine 24×7. If your VM is using Logical Volume Management (LVM), adding space can be done by following a … Ubuntu: Extending capacity of an LVM volume group using an existing or new disk
Update Feb 2021: See my newer article on extending an LVM volume group on Ubuntu Focal using either the same physical disk or a new disk using parted. It is common for a virtualized Guest OS base image to have a generic minimal storage capacity. But this capacity can easily be exceeded by production … Ubuntu: Extending a virtualized disk when using LVM
It is common for a virtualized Guest OS base image to have a generic minimal storage capacity. But this capacity can easily be exceeded by production scenarios, performance testing, logging, or even the general cruft of running a machine 24×7. For this reason, extending a virtualized disk can be extremely helpful. Here is a walk … Ubuntu: Extending a virtualized disk using fdisk when not using LVM