I was able to tab complete the plex-server-vg after typing vgextend, so I'm pretty sure that's right.

@scottalanmiller said:

I think.....

vgextend plex-server-vg /dev/sdb

root@plex-server:~# vgextend plex-server-vg /dev/sdb
  Volume group "plex-server-vg" successfully extended

@scottalanmiller said:

I think.....

vgextend plex-server-vg /dev/sdb

Do I need to reboot?

Is it just me or is @scottalanmiller having way too much fun taking selfies?

@scottalanmiller said:

@scottalanmiller is all gansta!

@scottalanmiller said:

This...THIS IS GREAT!

@scottalanmiller said:

If this was a beer, or a shot, I'd say PERFECT!

So basically, now what?

@scottalanmiller said:

Once you have pvcreated, use vgextend to add the new block device to your existing VG.

Look up the details with vgs

This is what I got.

root@plex-server:~# pvcreate /dev/sdb
  Physical volume "/dev/sdb" successfully created
  
root@plex-server:~# vgs
  VG             #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize  VFree
  plex-server-vg   1   2   0 wz--n- 19.76g 20.00m

@Sparkum said:

@scottalanmiller
I think it might be time to change your Gravatar lol

AMEN!

@dafyre said:

@handsofqwerty Or just use your preferred name when filling out applications / new hire forms, etc.

That can cause issues sometimes with identification.

Is this what I need to follow?

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-disk-format/

The new disc is /dev/sdb

This is what my system shows...

root@plex-server:/dev/disk/by-path# lshw -class disk
  *-disk:0
	   description: SCSI Disk
	   physical id: 0.0.0
	   bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
	   logical name: /dev/sda
	   size: 20GiB (21GB)
	   capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
	   configuration: sectorsize=512 signature=00096de5
  *-disk:1
	   description: SCSI Disk
	   physical id: 0.1.0
	   bus info: scsi@2:0.1.0
	   logical name: /dev/sdb
	   size: 25GiB (26GB)
	   configuration: sectorsize=512
  *-cdrom
	   description: DVD-RAM writer
	   physical id: 0.0.0
	   bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
	   logical name: /dev/cdrom
	   logical name: /dev/sr0
	   capabilities: audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram partitioned partitioned:dos
	   configuration: signature=740c8043 status=ready

@scottalanmiller said:

Add the new space to the VG. Then extend the LV and then the file system.

Ok, how do I do that? Also, I don't see anything being mounted as a new drive. Do I need to format it I assume? How do I do this via CLI?

@scottalanmiller said:

@handsofqwerty said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Dinner alone at the airport.

Did @Dominica have to stay home to watch the girls?

Yes

At least @Minion-Queen was there to hang out with!

I'm having an issue with my Plex server that ran out of space.

Filesystem                           Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/plex--server--vg-root     18G   17G   12M 100% /
none                                 4.0K     0  4.0K   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev                                 2.0G  4.0K  2.0G   1% /dev
tmpfs                                396M  716K  395M   1% /run
none                                 5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
none                                 2.0G  4.0K  2.0G   1% /run/shm
none                                 100M     0  100M   0% /run/user
/dev/sda1                            236M   55M  169M  25% /boot
overflow                             1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /tmp

My root folder on /dev/mapper is full and it's causing issues with my Plex server. I tried adding a second virtual HDD to the VM which I thin provisioned instead of thick provisioned. Is there any way to fix this without a full reinstall of Linux? If I do that on the new HDD, I could restore from backups but that's a pain if there is an easier way...

@scottalanmiller said:

@handsofqwerty said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@handsofqwerty said:

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

I was way below eighteen months for most of my career.

Where you really employeed or just a contractor?

He's been mostly a contractor. I know that.

But always an employee. It's not either / or.

It's about how you get paid. When I worked at a specific company, I was a contractor for that company, but considered an employee of the recruiter. So if it's that kind of situation, I see how you say both. But it can also be exclusively one or the other.

No it is not.

And you are unaware who your employer was. Check with the IRS. Employment is not as vague as people think. The company directing your work is your employer. The one signing the check is the payroll firm. Who signs your check is effectively irrelevant to employment.

Contractor and employee are normally the same thing. It's an internal designation, not an employment one.

When I received my W2 this year, I was not shown as an employee of the company I was actually doing work for, but rather the recruiter. I was an employee of the contractor but a contractor to my real employer, if that makes sense...

@scottalanmiller said:

Dinner alone at the airport.

Did @Dominica have to stay home to watch the girls?

@scottalanmiller said:

@Carnival-Boy said:

What do you count as "job"? Plenty of people stay at the same organisation their whole lives, but get promoted to new jobs, or get new responsibilities and new job titles.

I've been in my current job for 13 years, but before that I probably moved jobs ever 18 months. When you're young, it's often the best (and sometimes the only) way to get decent pay rises.

That's a good question. Is it different companies or just different roles?

Although the number of people staying with a single company for long is dwindling. Not sure I know many people topping two years someplace anymore.

Yeah, but I'd prefer if I could stay somewhere for just awhile.