Adding a new volume to server

The following is assuming that the server can already see the disk

Scan on linux box

                                                                                                                                                                             

ls /sys/class/scsi_host/ | while read host ; do echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/$host/scan ; done

vgcreate vg_data2 /dev/sdd

To view the volume group

vgdisplay

4. Create the logical volume

lvcreate -n lv_data2 vg_data2 -l 100%VG

To view the logical volume

lvdisplay

5. Make the filesystem

mkfs -t ext4 /dev/vg_data2/lv_data2

6. Create the mount point and mount

mkdir /data2

mount -t ext4 /dev/vg_data2/lv_data2 /data2

7. Make permanent by adding to /etc/fstab

/dev/mapper/vg_data2-lv_data2 /data2                 ext4    defaults        1 2