30.4 Adding Additional Space to a Volume Group using Cockpit
In addition to the command-line utilities outlined so far in this chapter, it is also possible to access information about logical volumes and make volume group and logical volume changes from within the Cockpit web interface using the Storage page as shown in Figure 30-1:
Figure 30-1
If the Storage option is not listed, the cockpit-storaged package will need to be installed and the cockpit service restarted as follows:
# dnf install cockpit-storaged
# systemctl restart cockpit.socket
Once the Cockpit service has restarted, log back into the Cockpit interface at which point the Storage option should now be visible.
To add a new disk drive to an existing volume group from within the Cockpit console, start at the above Storage page and click on a filesystem associated with the volume group to be extended from the list marked A above.
On the resulting screen, click on the + button highlighted in Figure...
