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How to add an extra second hard drive on Linux LVM and increase the size of storage

I have 250GB disk installed on my home Linux server. I just bought a brand new 250GB SATA disk and I want to add a new disk to my existing LVM volume to increase its size total size to 500GB. How do I add a disk to LVM and extend an LVM volume on Linux operating system?

Linux volume management (LVM) creates an easy to use layer over physical disks. You can combine multiple disks and create logical storage volumes.

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