Re: How to shrink a LVM partition
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Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> On Sunday 24 January 2010 11:25:19 vitaminx wrote:
>> I'd like to shrink a LVM partition on my harddisk.
>>
>> Is it possible without any data loss?
>
> Yes, but it is tricky.
>
> Check your file systems. Make sure they are clean before the process starts.
>
> Take backups.
>
> First make sure you have enough free space in your LVs. Then use a
> combination of pvmove and pvresize to shrink your PE that corresponds to that
> partition. Then shrink the partition in the partition table.
Shouldn't vitaminx first resize the underlying file system(s)???
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