Extend lvm partition

Create lvm partition with fdisk

# fdisk  /dev/sdX

To Create new partition Press n.
Choose primary partition use p.
Choose which number of partition to be selected to create the primary partition.
Press 1 if any other disk available.
Change the type using t.
Type 8e to change the partition type to Linux LVM.
Press w to write the changes.

Create new PV (Physical Volume)

# pvcreate /dev/sdX1

Extend Volume Group

First get volume group name

# vgdisplay
  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               vg_sql
  ...

Then run extend

# vgextend vg_sql /dev/sdX1

1. check if volume is extended and by how many Physical Extend (PE) are available.

# vgdisplay
  ...
  Free  PE / Size       5119 / <20.00 GiB
  ...

Extend Logical Volume

You can take volume name from df

# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg_sql-root   45G   37G  8.1G  83% /

Take free PE size from previous step (5119)

lvextend -l +5119 /dev/mapper/vg_sql-root

Resize filesystem

For ext3/4

# resize2fs /dev/mapper/vg_sql-root

For xfs

# xfs_grow /dev/mapper/vg_sql-root