The LVM system organizes hard disks into Logical Volume (LV) groups. Essentially, physical hard disk partitions (or possibly RAID arrays) are set up in a bunch of equal-sized chunks known as Physical Extents (PE). As there are several other concepts associated with the LVM system, let's start with some basic definitions:

Physical Volume (PV)is the standard partition that you add to the LVM mix. Normally, a physical volume is a standard primary or logical partition. It can also be a RAID array.

Physical Extent (PE)is a chunk of disk space. Every PV is divided into a number of equal sized PEs. Every PE in a LV group is the same size. Different LV groups can have different sized PEs.

Logical Extent (LE)is also a chunk of disk space. Every LE is mapped to a specific PE.

Logical Volume (LV)is composed of a group of LEs. You can mount a filesystem such as /home and /var on an LV.

Volume Group (VG)is composed of a group of LVs. It is the organizational group for LVM. Most of the commands that you'll use apply to a specific VG.

1.Verify the size of Logical Volume:lvdisplay /dev/vg0/lv1

2.Verify the Size on mounted directory:df –h or df –h mounted directory name

3.Use :lvextend –L+400M /dev/vg0/lv1

4. resize2fs /dev/vg0/lv1to bring extended size online.

5. Again Verify using lvdisplay and df –h command.