Questions tagged [lvreduce]
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How to reduce LVM for root partition?
I am trying to reduce the space dedicated to root LVM since I don't really need it and I am having a few doubts. Below is the output for lvdisplay:
# lvdisplay
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path /dev/pc_rperez_lvm/root
LV Name …
ReynierPM
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Shrink MDADM Raid 5 containing LVM
The plan:
I've been growing a Raid5 array in a personal server for some years, and the time has come to move to something more suited to this application. I've accumulated 6x 8tb drives containing media, backups, etc.
I bought a Synology 8 bay…
mythos
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How to reduce ext4 rootlv on centos 6
Is there a way to perform a safe reduce in rootlv at rescue mode? Most of the internet's explanations tells, basically, that it can be done using the following steps sequence:
vgchange;
fsck;
resize2fs;
lvreduce;
reboot
I tried it a several times;…
Roger Príncipe
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Resize safely root LVM
I have a LV (Logical Volume) composed of 5 PVs (Physical Volumes). Each PV is large 100GB so the total is 500GB.
The root partition is mounted on this LV and only 250GB are used.
I must remove at least 2 PVs in order to shrink the partition to no…
Antonio Petricca
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How to resize logical volume in Red Hat Linux
Please guide that how to do following tasks with executing command.
1.Create a new physical volume, create a new volume group in the name of
dataconresize, vg extent is 16.00MB.
2.Create a new logical volume in the name of datacopyresize with…
Eranda Peiris
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Lvreduce online on RHEL 6 or centos 6 with ext4 file systems
Is it possible to reduce a mounting lv safely at RHEL6/CentOS6 with ext4 file system? If it is, how can I do that?
Roger Príncipe
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