Boot vm from live iso to re-partition the vm

[PuffinDoctor]

I have a 16.04.2 Ubuntu Server running in a VM on my 6.5.2 unRAID Server.  The VM was formally set at a 50G cap but I figured out how to expand that on the webgui to 200G.  Now the Ubuntu VM is still complaining about not having enough space so I need to re-partition the drive in the VM to utilize the added space.  The partitioned needing to be expanded is set up as LVM if that matters.

 

I know a drive needs to be unmounted before it can be re-partitioned so is there a way to boot a live iso, such as the GParted Live bootable image, in unRAID like there is in virtualBox for example?

 

I don't know what all to list here so I can provide information about the VM and partitions as needed.

 

Thanks

[ken-ji]

You shouldn't need to. In pseudo code:

• create a new partition on the disk
• reboot
• pvcreate <new partition>
• vgextend <volgroup> <new partition>
• lvresize <lvm>

the reboot is necessary because you resized your disk image, and now need to add a partition

If you added a new vdisk, you can skip step#2

[PuffinDoctor]

21 hours ago, ken-ji said:

You shouldn't need to. In pseudo code:

• create a new partition on the disk
• reboot
• pvcreate <new partition>
• vgextend <volgroup> <new partition>
• lvresize <lvm>

the reboot is necessary because you resized your disk image, and now need to add a partition

If you added a new vdisk, you can skip step#2

Thank you! That helped me out!