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NOT the answer but an update:

I read up about virsh blockresize and tried on the VM...

@hypervisor:~$ sudo virsh blockresize bootstrap --path /dev/system/bootstrap --size 20G error: Failed to resize block device '/dev/system/bootstrap' error: Requested operation is not valid: domain is not running

PS: this also has the wrong path for the file... /dev/system/bootstrap

so a) sudo virsh start bootstrap b) find the path using ps -faux | grep bootstrap which will show file=/dev/mapper/system-bootstrap

Then:

@hypervisor:~$ sudo virsh blockresize bootstrap --path /dev/mapper/system-bootstrap --size 20G Block device '/dev/mapper/system-bootstrap' is resized

except it doesn't seem to make any difference:

Using fdisk shows (I think similarly to previously after the first lvextend that there is now 21.5Gb hdd avail..) but the OS just wont resize... at this point I wish there was just a way to boot the VM using "gparted live" and resize...

@bootstrap:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/vda: 21.5 GB, 21474836480 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 41610 cylinders, total 41943040 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/vda1 * 2048 20971519 10484736 83 Linux

NOT the answer but an update:

I read up about virsh blockresize and tried on the VM...VM... http://serverfault.com/questions/604876/online-resizing-of-kvm-guest-root-filesystem

@hypervisor:~$ sudo virsh blockresize bootstrap --path /dev/system/bootstrap --size 20G error: Failed to resize block device '/dev/system/bootstrap' error: Requested operation is not valid: domain is not running

PS: this also has the wrong path for the file... /dev/system/bootstrap

so a) sudo virsh start bootstrap b) find the path using ps -faux | grep bootstrap which will show file=/dev/mapper/system-bootstrap

Then:

@hypervisor:~$ sudo virsh blockresize bootstrap --path /dev/mapper/system-bootstrap --size 20G Block device '/dev/mapper/system-bootstrap' is resized

except it doesn't seem to make any difference:

Using fdisk shows (I think similarly to previously after the first lvextend that there is now 21.5Gb hdd avail..) but the OS just wont resize... at this point I wish there was just a way to boot the VM using "gparted live" and resize...

@bootstrap:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/vda: 21.5 GB, 21474836480 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 41610 cylinders, total 41943040 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/vda1 * 2048 20971519 10484736 83 Linux