How to expand array under Linux for HP Proliant server

Jephe Wu - http://linuxtechres.blogspot.com

Environment: HP Proliant DL360G6, CentOS 5.4 64bit, 6x300G hard disk with RAID5 (one for spare), hot added 2 more 300G hard disk, default disk partition layout by OS installation.
Objective: expand the existing RAID5 array with 2 more new added hard disk online

Steps:
1. Install HP Proliant support pack for RHEL 5

2. start up HP array configuration utility online for Linux
cd /opt/compaq/cpqacuxe/bld
./cpqacuxe -R
note: after finishing online configuration utility, you should stop it by running
./cpqacuxe -stop

3. expand array and logical drive
access https://log.domain.com:2381 then click on array configuration utility link
click on expand array, this will take long time to finish, after that, another button which is 'expand logical drive' will appear, come back to click on that also after finishing expanding array

4. make Linux kernel to recognize the new size of hardware raid5
reboot Linux server until the 'fdisk -l /dev/cciss/c0d0' shows the new size.
You can try 'partprobe' or 'sfdisk -R /dev/cciss/c0d0' first.

5. enlarge partition with fdisk
fdisk /dev/cciss/c0d0  (you might conside to use fdisk -u /dev/cciss/c0d0 to use sector instead of cyclinder)
p
press d then 2 to remove partition
press n then primary partition to use the full space
Make sure the old and new partition start at the same cylinder or sector position, otherwise, data will be destroyed.
press t to change partition type to LVM
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q
note: you need to reboot again

6. resize physical volume size, logical volume size and file system online increase
after reboot, check again the new size

[root@log ~]# fdisk -l /dev/cciss/c0d0

Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 1799.7 GB, 1799797127168 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 218812 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

           Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p2              14      218813  1757509959+  8e  Linux LVM


[root@log ~]# pvresize /dev/cciss/c0d0p2
  Physical volume "/dev/cciss/c0d0p2" changed
  1 physical volume(s) resized / 0 physical volume(s) not resized
 
  note: use vgdisplay -v to check the number of free PE, let's say it's 17879.
 
[root@log ~]# lvextend -l +17879 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02
  Extending logical volume LogVol02 to 1.60 TB
  Logical volume LogVol02 successfully resized

[root@log ~]# resize2fs /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02
resize2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
Filesystem at /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02 is mounted on /data; on-line resizing required
Performing an on-line resize of /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02 to 430276608 (4k) blocks.
The filesystem on /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02 is now 430276608 blocks long.