• Reduce / LV (ex. /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00)

    Posted on May 28th, 2010, 6:39 am by Null

    1. Boot to systemrescue cd
    2. vgscan
    3. vgdisplay
    4. vgchange -ay VolGroup00
    5. e2fsck -f /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
    6. resize2fs /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 xxG
    Note: “xxG” is the size in Gigabyte the FS is being reduced to.

    7. Repeat step #5
    8. lvreduce -LxxG /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
    Note: “-LxxG” is the same value as xxG in step #6 in this case.

    9. Repeat step #5
    10. Remove CD and reboot
    11. vgdisplay -v | less
    12. vgs
    13. lvs
    14. Create new LV’s to re-use space

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