Where Is Unused Disk in Linux?
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Where is unused disk space in Linux?

While also finding the unallocated space in a hard disk using command line # fdisk /dev/sda will display the total space and total cylinder value. Now check the last cylinder value and subtract it from the total cylinder value. Hence the final value * 1000 gives you the unallocated disk space.

How do I find unused LUNs in Linux?

If you are sure that all of active LUNs are used in a volume group, you can use pvdisplay on each LUN to see if it is assigned to a VG. The most 5 recently created disk devices will be displayed at the top. You can use pvdisplay on the most recent device file to confirm that it is unused.

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