=====Manage Storage Stack===== interestingly enough he does not create partitions before creatting the pv here is a lvresize comand lvresize -r -L 2G /dev/vg_DB/lv_maria -r is to extend filesystem -L specifies the final size of LV and the last bit i cnonical path of lv to remove pv that being flaky here are steps 1: add a new disk pvcreate /dev/sdX vgextend volume-name /dev/sdX 2: move data out of flaky disk say /dev/sdY pvmove /dev/sdY No need to specify a destination 3: now you can remove the flaky disk vgreduce volumegroup_name /dev/sdY 3: stop the disk from being a physical volume disk pvremove /dev/sdY