Extend /home disk volume for Utixo Centos7 WHM Servers Print

How to Extend a Disk on CentOS 7 (Utixo Server)

When additional disk space is required on a CentOS 7 VPS, Utixo will allocate the physical space via VMware. However, root-level commands are required to make this space available within the operating system.

This procedure is valid only for CentOS 7 servers provided by Utixo and requires root access.

Step-by-step procedure

1. Check disk status:

   df -h

   Take note of the partition you want to extend (e.g. /dev/cl/home).

2. Extend the virtual disk using VMware console (performed by Utixo).
3. Resize the physical partition:
   • Mount the GParted ISO via VMware
   • Reboot and boot from the ISO
   • Resize the partition using the graphical tool
   • Unmount the ISO and reboot the system again
4. Login as root via console or SSH
5. Extend the logical volume with:

   lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/cl/home

   Replace /dev/cl/home with the correct partition if different.

6. Resize the XFS filesystem with:

   xfs_growfs /dev/cl/home

📌 Important Note

For security and data integrity reasons, this procedure can only be performed by Utixo technical staff upon customer request and with authorized root access.