Increasing the size of a filesystem

 

fdisk -l
fdisk /dev/sdc

In fdisk

c
p  (print the partition table to make sure the disk is not in use)
n (new partition)
p (primary partition)
1 (give it a number 1-4, then set start and end sectors)
w (write table to disk and exit)

Now create a physical volume, add it to the VG, extend the LV and then the file system.

pvcreate /dev/sdc1
vgextend VG_NAME /dev/sdc1
lvextend -L+5G LV_PATH (i.e.: /dev/VG_NAME/LV_NAME)
resize2fs LV_PATH
(OR if using xfs: xfs_grow LV_PATH)

Done.

Other useful commands when working with disks include:

# lsblk
NAME                             MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sr0                               11:0    1  1024M  0 rom  
sda                                8:0    0 501.1M  0 disk 
└─sda1                             8:1    0   500M  0 part /boot
sdb                                8:16   0  29.5G  0 disk 
└─sdb1                             8:17   0  29.5G  0 part 
  ├─vg_name-lv_root (dm-0) 253:0    0  40.6G  0 lvm  /
  └─vg_name-lv_swap (dm-1) 253:1    0   3.7G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
sdc                                8:32   0    20G  0 disk

The lsblk will list all block devices.  Above it is an easy way to see disks, disk usage and LVM affiliations.  Of course if you just want the block device names this will work too:

ls /sys/block/* | grep block | grep sd