- About lvreduce: To reduce the size of a logical volume
- It comes from “lvm2-2.02.72” package.
- Configuration Files:
- Path: /sbin/lvreduce
Examples:
1. To reduce the logical volume
| $ lvreduce -l [-]LogicalExtentsNumber[%{VG|LV|FREE|ORIGIN}] |
2. To disable udev synchronization
| $ lvreduce –noudevsync |
3. To reduce or set the logical volume size in units of logical extents.
| $ lvreduce -l [-]LogicalExtentsNumber[%{VG|LV|FREE|ORIGIN}] $ lvreduce –extents [-]LogicalExtentsNumber[%{VG|LV|FREE|ORIGIN}] |
4. To reduce or set the logical volume size in units of megabytes
| $ lvreduce -L [-]LogicalVolumeSize[bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE] $ lvreduce –size [-]LogicalVolumeSize[bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE] |
5. To do not perform fsck before resizing filesystem when filesystem requires it
| $ lvreduce -n $ lvreduce –nofsck |
6. To resize underlying filesystem together with the logical volume using fsadm
| $ lvreduce -r $ lvreduce –resizefs |
Related Commands: fsadm, lvchange, lvconvert, lvcreate, lvextend, lvm, lvresize, vgreduce
