to fill the extra 5GB of space.
truncate -r olddisk newdisk; truncate -s +5G newdisk
- virt-filesystems --long --h --all -a olddisk
+ virt-filesystems --long -h --all -a olddisk
# Note "/dev/sda2" is a partition inside the "olddisk" file.
virt-resize --expand /dev/sda2 olddisk newdisk
equivalent of calling a command such as L<pvresize(8)>,
L<resize2fs(8)> or L<ntfsresize(8)>. However virt-resize does not
know how to resize some filesystems, so you would have to online
-resize them after booting the guest. And virt-resize also does not
-resize anything inside an LVM PV, it just resizes the PV itself and
-leaves the user to resize any LVs inside that PV as desired.
+resize them after booting the guest.
Other options are covered below.
=item *
-LVM PVs (physical volumes). However virt-resize does I<not>
-resize anything inside the PV. The user will have to resize
-LVs as desired.
+LVM PVs (physical volumes). virt-resize does not usually resize
+anything inside the PV, but see the C<--LV-expand> option. The user
+could also resize LVs as desired after boot.
=back