6.14 Increasing the Disk Space in a Guest

You can increase local disk space on a KVM guest after initial deployment. The method you use depends on which area you want to extend and the type of storage hosting the guest image files.

• Expanding Disk Space on a Guest Using Exascale Storage
  You can expand the disk space on an Oracle Linux KVM guest that uses Exascale storage to host the guest image files.
• Adding a New LVM Disk to a Guest
  You can add a new LVM disk to an Oracle Linux KVM guest to increase the amount of usable disk space in a guest.
• Increasing the Size of the root File System
  This procedure describes how to increase the size of the system partition and / (root) file system.
• Increasing the Size of the /u01 File System
  This procedure describes how to increase the size of the /u01 file system in Oracle Linux KVM.
• Increasing the Size of the Grid Infrastructure Home or Database Home File System
  You can increase the size of the Oracle Grid Infrastructure or Oracle Database home file system in a Oracle Linux KVM guest.
• Increasing the Size of the Swap Area
  You can increase the amount of swap configured in a guest.