From: Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>
To: linux-lvm@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] lvreduce nightmare
Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 19:45:54 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120520194554.GH3867@bitfolk.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGQjrKaWT_LnjxbEE57-Mxhn+n+KSvHEGUwC7wapQ7S9Dcb-aA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Tariq,
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 02:29:56PM +0530, tariq wali wrote:
> I am not sure if reducing by lvreduce alone is safe and will actually
> reduce the underneath file system also,
It won't; I never said it would.
My point was that you said:
> and then lvreduce -n data -L 100G /dev/vg0/data ( to reduce the lvm by
> 100
but that WON'T do what you want. That will reduce the LV *to* 100G.
You need BOTH your resize2fs AND lvreduce commands to be correct.
Cheers,
Andy
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-20 19:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-16 15:48 [linux-lvm] lvreduce nightmare tariq wali
2012-05-17 23:13 ` Ray Morris
2012-05-18 0:21 ` Stuart D Gathman
2012-05-18 1:16 ` Andy Smith
2012-05-18 10:25 ` Bryn M. Reeves
2012-05-18 14:13 ` tariq wali
2012-05-19 15:58 ` Stuart D Gathman
2012-05-19 23:14 ` Andy Smith
2012-05-20 8:59 ` tariq wali
2012-05-20 19:45 ` Andy Smith [this message]
2012-05-21 9:02 ` Bryn M. Reeves
2012-05-20 21:39 ` Raptorfan
2012-05-18 9:57 ` Bryn M. Reeves
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