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When do we need to
reduce volume?
May be we need to create a
separate partition for any other
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size of any low space partition, if
so we can reduce the large size
partition and we can expand the
low space partition very easily by
the following simple easy steps.
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There are no free space available

in Physical Volume and Volume
group. So, now we can’t extend
the lvm size, for extending we
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the volume group by extending
the vg. We will get enough space
to extend the Logical volume
size. So first we are going to add
one physical volume.
For adding a new PV we have to

use fdisk to create the LVM
partition.
# fdisk -cu /dev/sda
To Create new partition

Press n.
Choose primary partition use
p.
Choose which number of
partition to be selected to
create the primary partition.
Press 1 if any other disk
available.
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Type 8e to change the
partition type to Linux LVM.
Use p to print the create
partition ( here we have not
used the option).
Press w to write the
changes.
Restart the system once

completed.
Create LVM Partition
List and check the partition we

have created using fdisk.
# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Verify LVM Partition

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command.
# pvcreate /dev/sda1
Verify the pv using below

command.
# pvs
Create Physical Volume
Extending Volume
Group
Add this pv to vg_tecmint vg to
extend the size of a volume
group to get more space for
expanding lv.
# vgextend vg_tecmint /dev/sda1

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Let us
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Volume Group now using.
# vgs
Extend Volume Group
We can even see which PV are

used to create particular Volume
group using.
# pvscan
Check Volume Group
Here, we can see which Volume

groups are under Which Physical
Volumes. We have just added
one pv and its totally free. Let us
see the size of each logical
volume we have currently before
expanding it.
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Check All Logical Volume
LogVol00 defined for Swap.

LogVol01 defined for /.
Now we have 16.50 GB size
for / (root).
Currently there are 4226
Physical Extend (PE)
available.
Now we are going to expand the

/ partition LogVol01. After
expanding we can list out the
size as above for confirmation.
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I have explained it in LVM PART-I,
here I’m using PE to extend.
For getting the available Physical

Extend size run.
# vgdisplay
Check Available Physical Size
There are 4607 free PE available

= 18GB Free space available. So
we can expand our logical
volume up-to 18GB more. Let us
use the PE size to extend.
# lvextend -l +4607 /dev/vg_tecmint/LogVol01

 
Use + to add the more space.

After Extending, we need to re-
size the file-system using.
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 
Expand Logical Volume
Command used to extend

the logical volume using
Physical extends.
Here we can see it is
extended to 34GB from
16.51GB.
Re-size the file system, If the
file-system is mounted and
currently under use.
For extending Logical
volumes we don’t need to
unmount the file-system.
Now let’s see the size of re-sized

logical volume using.
# lvdisplay
Resize Logical Volume
LogVol01 defined for /

extended volume.
After extending there is
34.50GB from 16.50GB.
Current extends, Before
extending there was 4226,
we have added 4607 extends
to expand so totally there are
8833.
Now if we check the vg available

Free PE it will be 0.
# vgdisplay
See the result of extending.

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# vgs
# lvs
Verify Resize Partition
New Physical Volume added.

Volume group vg_tecmint
extended from 17.51GB to
35.50GB.
Logical volume LogVol01
extended from 16.51GB to
34.50GB.
Here we have completed the

process of extending volume
group and logical volumes. Let
us move towards some
interesting part in Logical volume
management.
Reducing Logical
Volume (LVM)
Here we are going to see how to
reduce the Logical Volumes.
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end up with disaster while we
reduce the lvm. Reducing lvm is
really interesting than any other
part in Logical volume
management.
Before starting, it is always

good to backup the data, so
that it will not be a headache
if something goes wrong.
To Reduce a logical volume
there are 5 steps needed to
be done very carefully.
While extending a volume we
can extend it while the
volume under mount status
(online), but for reduce we
must need to unmount the
file system before reducing.
Let’s wee what are the 5 steps

below.
unmount the file system for

reducing.
Check the file system after
unmount.
Reduce the file system.
Reduce the Logical Volume
size than Current size.
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error.
Remount the file-system
back to stage.
For demonstration, I have

created separate volume group
and logical volume. Here, I’m
going to reduce the logical
volume tecmint_reduce_test.
Now its 18GB in size. We need to
reduce it to 10GB without data-
loss. That means we need to
reduce 8GB out of 18GB. Already
there is 4GB data in the volume.
18GB ---> 10GB
While reducing size, we need to

reduce only 8GB so it will
roundup to 10GB after the
reduce.
# lvs
Reduce Logical Volume

HereRHCSA
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see RHCE
the file-system
information.
# df -h
Check File System Size
The size of the Volume is

18GB.
Already it used upto 3.9GB.
Available Space is 13GB.
First unmount the mount point.
# umount -v /mnt/tecmint_reduce_test/
 
Unmount Parition
Then check for the file-system

error using following command.
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# e2fsck -ff /dev/vg_tecmint_extra/tecmint_reduce_test

 
Scan Parition for Errors
Note: Must pass in every 5 steps

of file-system check if not there
might be some issue with your
file-system.
Next, reduce the file-system.
# resize2fs /dev/vg_tecmint_extra/tecmint_reduce_test 10GB

 
Reduce File System

Reduce
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# lvreduce -L -8G /dev/vg_tecmint_extra/tecmint_reduce_test

 
Reduce Logical Partition
To Reduce Logical volume using

PE Size we need to Know the
size of default PE size and total
PE size of a Volume Group to put
a small calculation for accurate
Reduce size.
# lvdisplay vg_tecmint_extra
 
Here we need to do a little

calculation to get the PE size of
10GB using bc command.
1024MB x 10GB = 10240MB or 10GB
10240MB / 4PE = 2048PE

 
PressRHCSA
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and exit from BC.
Calculate PE Size
Reduce the size using PE.
# lvreduce -l -2048 /dev/vg_tecmint_extra/tecmint_reduce_test

 
Reduce Size Using PE
Re-size the file-system back, In

this step if there is any error that
means we have messed-up our
file-system.
# resize2fs /dev/vg_tecmint_extra/tecmint_reduce_test
 
Resize File System
Mount the file-system back to

same point.
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 
Mount File System
Check the size of partition and

files.
# lvdisplay vg_tecmint_extra
 
Here we can see the final result

as the logical volume was
reduced to 10GB size.
Verify Logical Volume Size
In this article, we have seen how

to extend the volume group,
logical volume and reduce the
logical
RedHat volume.
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the next part
(Part III), we will see how to take
a Snapshot of logical volume and
restore it to earlier stage.
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Godwin Chanda
December 19, 2019 at 3:06 pm
Free-flowing explanation
from start to finish. Many
thanks.
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Harsh
November 13, 2019 at 8:45 am
This was very helpful!!
Thanks Babin!
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Aditya Garg
August 17, 2019 at 11:53 am
In summary, to reduce ext
filesystem:
◾ unmount/mount at the
end
◾ fsck
◾ resize the filesystem
◾ lvreduce
◾ resize again to avoid
discrepancies between LV
and FS
◾ fsck
1 thru 5 are taken care by
single command: lvreduce -L
(size) -r /dev/mapper/vg-lv
As seen here:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-
us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/logical_volume_manager_administration/lv_reduce
 
The command performs

each of the steps (even
unmounts and mounts back)
Reply
Zak
July 10, 2019 at 12:24 am
Thanks, this was a very
helpful write up!
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Bhargavi
June 12, 2019 at 5:20 pm
Hi,
I have created one hard disk
(sdc) and want to add in
(sdb) hard disk how to add in
command line in LVM please
let me know.
Reply
Babin
March 25, 2019 at 10:23 pm
@Mihir,
Still, XFS did not provide an
option to reduce, but you can
grow the size on the fly.
Reply
Mihir Agrawal
March 21, 2019 at 8:50 pm
How to reduce xfs file
system?
Reply
Peter Haas
February 28, 2019 at 2:55 pm
It is worth mentioning if your
partition is xfs then you will
need to use ‘xfs_growfs‘.
xfs seems popular for later
releases of Centos.
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Logical Volume Extending

There are no free space available

For adding a new PV we have to

# fdisk -cu /dev/sda

To Create new partition

Restart the system once

Create LVM Partition

List and check the partition we

Verify LVM Partition

Verify the pv using below

Create Physical Volume

# vgextend vg_tecmint /dev/sda1

Extend Volume Group

We can even see which PV are

Check Volume Group

Here, we can see which Volume

Check All Logical Volume

LogVol00 defined for Swap.

Now we are going to expand the

For getting the available Physical

Check Available Physical Size

There are 4607 free PE available

# lvextend -l +4607 /dev/vg_tecmint/LogVol01

Use + to add the more space.

Expand Logical Volume

Command used to extend

Now let’s see the size of re-sized

Resize Logical Volume

LogVol01 defined for /

Now if we check the vg available

See the result of extending.

Verify Resize Partition

New Physical Volume added.

Here we have completed the

Before starting, it is always

Let’s wee what are the 5 steps

unmount the file system for

For demonstration, I have

18GB ---> 10GB

While reducing size, we need to

Reduce Logical Volume

Check File System Size

The size of the Volume is

First unmount the mount point.

Then check for the file-system

# e2fsck -ff /dev/vg_tecmint_extra/tecmint_reduce_test

Scan Parition for Errors

Note: Must pass in every 5 steps

Next, reduce the file-system.