How To Expand an EBS Volume After a Disk Resize on Amazon Linux

Author: erics, April 17th, 2023

First, use the AWS Console to modify the volume to the desired size, in our example we want to go from 10GB to 25GB for the root filesystem For a Xen ext4 root volume

# df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/xvda1      9.8G  9.6G   26M 100% /
/dev/xvdf       200G   99G  102G  50% /volumes/data

# lsblk
NAME    MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
xvda    202:0    0   10G  0 disk 
└─xvda1 202:1    0   10G  0 part /
xvdf    202:80   0  200G  0 disk /volumes/data

# growpart /dev/xvda 1
CHANGED: disk=/dev/xvda partition=1: start=4096 old: size=20967390,end=20971486 new: size=52424670,end=52428766

# lsblk
lsblk
NAME    MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
xvda    202:0    0   25G  0 disk 
└─xvda1 202:1    0   25G  0 part /
xvdf    202:80   0  200G  0 disk /volumes/data

# resize2fs /dev/xvda1
resize2fs 1.43.5 (04-Aug-2017)
Filesystem at /dev/xvda1 is mounted on /; on-line resizing required
old_desc_blocks = 1, new_desc_blocks = 2
The filesystem on /dev/xvda1 is now 6553083 (4k) blocks long.

# df -hT
Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/xvda1     ext4       25G  9.6G   15G  40% /
/dev/xvdf      xfs       200G   99G  102G  50% /volumes/data

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# df -h

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/xvda1 9.8G 9.6G 26M 100% /

/dev/xvdf 200G 99G 102G 50% /volumes/data

# lsblk

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT

xvda 202:0 0 10G 0 disk

└─xvda1 202:1 0 10G 0 part /

xvdf 202:80 0 200G 0 disk /volumes/data

# growpart /dev/xvda 1

CHANGED: disk=/dev/xvda partition=1: start=4096 old: size=20967390,end=20971486 new: size=52424670,end=52428766

# lsblk

lsblk

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT

xvda 202:0 0 25G 0 disk

└─xvda1 202:1 0 25G 0 part /

xvdf 202:80 0 200G 0 disk /volumes/data

# resize2fs /dev/xvda1

resize2fs 1.43.5 (04-Aug-2017)

Filesystem at /dev/xvda1 is mounted on /; on-line resizing required

old_desc_blocks = 1, new_desc_blocks = 2

The filesystem on /dev/xvda1 is now 6553083 (4k) blocks long.

# df -hT

Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/xvda1 ext4 25G 9.6G 15G 40% /

/dev/xvdf xfs 200G 99G 102G 50% /volumes/data

For NVMe First, use lsblk to see the raw partitions:

# df -hT
Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/nvme0n1p1 xfs        20G  2.8G   18G  14% /

# lsblk
NAME          MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
nvme0n1       259:0    0  40G  0 disk 
├─nvme0n1p1   259:1    0  20G  0 part /
└─nvme0n1p128 259:2    0   1M  0 part

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# df -hT

Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/nvme0n1p1 xfs 20G 2.8G 18G 14% /

# lsblk

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT

nvme0n1 259:0 0 40G 0 disk

├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 20G 0 part /

└─nvme0n1p128 259:2 0 1M 0 part

Note how the partition at 259:1 is only 20GB, […]

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: Amazon, Amazon Linux 2, AWS, df, df -hT, Disk, EBS, Expand, Filesystem, Grow, howto, Linux, Linux2, lsblk, NVMe, partition, Resize, tips, volume, XFS | No comments

How To Expand an NVMe EBS Volumes After a Disk Resize on Amazon Linux

Author: erics, February 19th, 2021

First, use lsblk to see the raw partitions:

# df -hT
Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/nvme0n1p1 xfs        20G  2.8G   18G  14% /

# lsblk
NAME          MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
nvme0n1       259:0    0  40G  0 disk 
├─nvme0n1p1   259:1    0  20G  0 part /
└─nvme0n1p128 259:2    0   1M  0 part

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# df -hT

Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/nvme0n1p1 xfs 20G 2.8G 18G 14% /

# lsblk

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT

nvme0n1 259:0 0 40G 0 disk

├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 20G 0 part /

└─nvme0n1p128 259:2 0 1M 0 part

Note how the partition at 259:1 is only 20GB, while the entire disk at 259:0 is 40GB. A partition resize is required in this case.

# sudo growpart /dev/nvme0n1 1
CHANGED: partition=1 start=4096 old: size=41938911 end=41943007 new: size=83881951 end=83886047

# lsblk
NAME          MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
nvme0n1       259:0    0  40G  0 disk 
├─nvme0n1p1   259:1    0  40G  0 part /
└─nvme0n1p128 259:2    0   1M  0 part 

# df -hT
Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/nvme0n1p1 xfs        20G  2.8G   18G  14% /

# sudo xfs_growfs -d /
meta-data=/dev/nvme0n1p1         isize=512    agcount=11, agsize=524159 blks
         =                       sectsz=512   attr=2, projid32bit=1
         =                       crc=1        finobt=1 spinodes=0
data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=5242363, imaxpct=25
         =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks
naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0 ftype=1
log      =internal               bsize=4096   blocks=2560, version=2
         =                       sectsz=512   sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0
data blocks changed from 5242363 to 10485243

# df -hT
/dev/nvme0n1p1 xfs        40G  2.8G   38G   7% /

If the XFS tools are not already installed, you can install them as follows:
sudo yum install xfsprogs

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# sudo growpart /dev/nvme0n1 1

CHANGED: partition=1 start=4096 old: size=41938911 end=41943007 new: size=83881951 end=83886047

# lsblk

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT

nvme0n1 259:0 0 40G 0 disk

├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 40G 0 part /

└─nvme0n1p128 259:2 0 1M 0 part

# df -hT

Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/nvme0n1p1 xfs 20G 2.8G 18G 14% /

# sudo xfs_growfs -d /

meta-data=/dev/nvme0n1p1 isize=512 agcount=11, agsize=524159 blks

= sectsz=512 attr=2, projid32bit=1

= crc=1 finobt=1 spinodes=0

data = bsize=4096 blocks=5242363, imaxpct=25

= sunit=0 swidth=0 blks

naming =version 2 bsize=4096 ascii-ci=0 ftype=1

log =internal bsize=4096 blocks=2560, version=2

= sectsz=512 sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1

realtime =none extsz=4096 blocks=0, rtextents=0

data blocks changed from 5242363 to 10485243

# df -hT

/dev/nvme0n1p1 xfs 40G 2.8G 38G 7% /

If the XFS tools are not already installed, you can install them as follows:

sudo yum install xfsprogs

For an EXT4 filesystem, use the resize2fs command instead:

sudo resize2fs /dev/nvme0n1p1

1	sudo resize2fs /dev/nvme0n1p1

For more information, please visit the AMW Docs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/recognize-expanded-volume-linux.html

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: Amazon, Amazon Linux 2, AWS, df, df -hT, Disk, EBS, Expand, Filesystem, Grow, howto, Linux, Linux2, lsblk, NVMe, partition, Resize, tips, volume, XFS | No comments

How To Create An XFS Formatted Filesystem On AWS EC2

Author: erics, October 26th, 2011

First, use the AWS management console to create and attach a new volume. Note the device name, in our example /dev/sdf.

# yum install xfsprogs-devel
# mkfs.xfs /dev/sdf
# echo "/dev/sdf /data xfs noatime 0 0" | tee -a /etc/fstab
# mkdir -m 000 /data
# mount /data
# df -h
# mount

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# yum install xfsprogs-devel

# mkfs.xfs /dev/sdf

# echo "/dev/sdf /data xfs noatime 0 0" | tee -a /etc/fstab

# mkdir -m 000 /data

# mount /data

# df -h

# mount

You now have a 10 GB (or whatever size you specified) EBS volume mounted under /data with an XFS file system, and it will be automatically mounted if the instance reboots.

Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: Amazon, AWS, df, Filesystem, howto, mount, tips, volume, XFS | No comments

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