Re: Resizing LVM partitions

[Miroslav Skoric <skoric@uns.ac.rs>]

On 1/22/24 4:40 PM, Alain D D Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 10:29:55AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > lvextend --size +1G --resizefs /dev/mapper/localhost-home
> > >
> > > Ie get lvextend to do the maths & work it out for me.
> > >
> > > Those who are cleverer than me might be able to tell you how to get it right
> > > first time!
> >
> > lvreduce --size -50G --resizefs /dev/mapper/localhost-home
>
> Oh, even better. It is a long time since I looked at than man page.
>
> Does this still need to be done with the file system unmounted or can it be
> done with an active file system these days ?

As I need to extend & resize more than one LV in the file system (/, 
/usr, and /var), should they all need to be unmounted before the 
operation? As I remember, it is ext3 system on that comp.