Re: How to shrink a LVM partition

[Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com>]

>>> I'd like to shrink a LVM partition on my harddisk.

>> 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)?

If vitaminx's LV is > 140gb, yes. The sequence would have to be:
resize2fs ...
lvreduce ...
pvreduce ...
parted ... resize ...