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How to extend an LVM partition to use the available disk space.
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Tell LVM to resize to the physical partition size.

$ sudo pvresize /dev/sda3

Find the actual path of the LVM logical volume. The LV Path is the value needed.

$ sudo lvdisplay

Tell LVM to extend the logical volume to the new partition size.

$ sudo lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv

Finally resize the filesystem

$ sudo resize2fs /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv
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