how to use lvresize command and its examples

  • About lvresize: To resize a logical volume
  • It comes from “lvm2-2.02.72” package.
  • Configuration Files:
  • Path: /sbin/lvresize

Examples:

1. To resize a logical volume (in units of logical extents)

$ lvresize -l [+|-]LogicalExtentsNumber[%{VG|LV|PVS|FREE|ORIGIN}]
$ lvresize –extents [+|-]LogicalExtentsNumber[%{VG|LV|PVS|FREE|ORIGIN}] 

2. To do  not  perform  fsck before resizing filesystem when filesystem requires it

$ lvresize -n
$ lvresize –nofsck 

3. To disable udev synchronization

$ lvresize –noudevsync

 4. To resize underlying filesystem together with the logical volume using fsadm

$ lvresize -r
$ lvresize –resizefs 

5. To change or set the logical volume size in units of megabytes

$ lvresize -L [+|-]LogicalVolumeSize[bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE]
$ lvresize –size [+|-]LogicalVolumeSize[bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE] 

6. To gives the number of stripes to use when extending a Logical Volume

$ lvresize -i stripes
$ lvresize –stripes stripes 

7. To gives the number of kilobytes for the granularity of the stripes

$ lvresize -I StripeSize
$ lvresize –stripesize StripeSize

 Related Commands: fsadm, lvm, lvconvert, lvcreate, lvreduce, lvchange 

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