VXVM(veritas volume manager training) 5 of 10 Volume Resize: VXVM is very flexible and reliable volume manager to resize volumes

without unmounting it. we can re-size the volumes using vxassist and resize filesystem using fsadm.vxresize command will perform both volume and filesystem re-size operation simultaneously. Here we are going to see how to re-size the volume smvol in two different ways without un-mounting it .
# df -h /smvol Filesystem size /dev/vx/dsk/UXDG/smvol 50M used 3.1M avail capacity 44M 7% Mounted on /smvol

Method :1 Increasing the volume size-Using vxassist Step:1 Determining how much space we can increase the volume.
# vxassist -g UXDG maxsize layout=mirror Maximum volume size: 92160 (45Mb)

Step:2 Re-size the volume using vxassist.

# vxassist -g UXDG growby smvol 10M or # vxassist -g UXDG growto smvol 60M

Step:3 Re-szie the vxfs fielsystem using fsadm.

# /usr/lib/fs/vxfs/fsadm -b 60M /smvol UX:vxfs fsadm: INFO: V-3-25942: /dev/vx/rdsk/UXDG/smvol size increased from 102400 sectors to 122880 sectors

You can see volume & filesystem increased by 10MB

# df -h /smvol Filesystem size /dev/vx/dsk/UXDG/smvol 60M used 3.1M avail capacity 53M 6% Mounted on /smvol

If the volume is not increased as you will get below error.

# /usr/lib/fs/vxfs/fsadm -b 70M /smvol UX:vxfs fsadm: ERROR: V-3-25811: cannot expand /dev/vx/rdsk/UXDG/smvol more than size of the underlying device - 122880 sectors #

Method:2 Increasing the volume and filesystem using vxresize (Recommended one ) Step:1 Determining how much space we can increase the volume.
# vxassist -g UXDG maxsize layout=mirror Maximum volume size: 71680(35Mb)

Step:2 Resize the volume & filesystem: You can see the changes
# /etc/vx/bin/vxresize -g UXDG smvol +10M # df -h /smvol Filesystem size used avail capacity /dev/vx/dsk/UXDG/smvol 70M 3.1M 63M 5% Mounted on /smvol

Method :1 Decreasing the volume size-Using vxassist Step:1 Reduce the filesystem using fsadm
# /usr/lib/fs/vxfs/fsadm -b 50M /smvol UX:vxfs fsadm:INFO:V-3-23586:/dev/vx/rdsk/UXDG/smvol is currently 122880 sectors - size will be reduced # df -h /smvol/ Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on /dev/vx/dsk/UXDG/smvol 50M 3.1M 44M 7% /smvol

Step:2 Reduce the volume using vxassist.You will lose data if you resize the volume less than filesystem size. So better to shrink the volume with some extra space.Here instead of shrink to 50M , i am shrinking to 51MB.
# vxassist -g UXDG shrinkto smvol 51M VxVM vxassist ERROR V-5-1-7236 Shrinking a FSGEN or RAID5 usage type volume can result in loss of data. It is recommended to use the "vxresize"command or specify "-f" option to force the operation.

Note:You will above warning messages if you used without -f option.Handle with care.
# vxassist -g UXDG or # vxassist -g UXDG -f shrinkby smvol 10M -f shrinkto smvol 51M

Method:2 Decreasing the volume and filesystem using vxresize (Recommended one )
# /etc/vx/bin/vxresize -g UXDG smvol -10M # df -h /smvol/ Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on /dev/vx/dsk/UXDG/smvol 40M 3.1M 35M 9% /smvol