I'm running out of space on my CentOS 6.2 webserver running on ESX 4.1

I found all the info I needed and using Edit settings in ESX, I increased the hard drive size from 60GB to 100GB

I created a partition /dev/sda3 with fdisk - rebooted -no problem

I used pvcreate to create a physical volume for the LVM

I used vgextend to add the new partition to the Volume Group (itś name is vg_centos62)

I used vgdisplay to check how much available space I had - 40GB - no problems so far

Now I have the final step to complete : -
lvextend -L+40.00G /dev/vg_centos62/?????

and here Iḿ stuck lvdisplay gives me : -
--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/vg_centos62/lv_root
VG Name vg_centos62
LV UUID zkagmA-4r2r-IE3F-xOAO-BRwL-fJhS-IFo7D2
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 28.58 GiB
Current LE 7317
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 253:0

--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/vg_centos62/lv_home
VG Name vg_centos62
LV UUID Ng0WXo-KrU1-zMPA-x9hY-rqCB-1LIK-w567JU
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 28.96 GiB
Current LE 7413
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 253:2

--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/vg_centos62/lv_swap
VG Name vg_centos62
LV UUID b752nv-HHgN-2FRP-jbeY-3ZYX-dcEY-SE1PZ4
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 1.97 GiB
Current LE 504
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 253:1

The question is, do I add the free space to lv_root or lv_home?

I need the space for /var/www should I expend lv_root or lv_home?

Can someone please set me right before I cock the entire thing up!

That would be lv_root.
BTW this isn't the final step. You still need to resize the filesystem. Depends on fileystem (type) and to some degree kernel level. At RHEL 6.2 you should be fine for the kernel.

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Yep, that's all I needed to know. Extended lv_root and resized the filesystem.

It all worked perfectly and I now have lots of space again.

Thanks for the advice.