From: Heinz Mauelshagen <heinzm@redhat.com>
To: linux-lvm@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Linux LVM online shrinking :(
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:53:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51FF760C.3080508@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAETiKr-D5XPJ5oB+Pn2HOMAUNONrQ6Y-3L=XWNtppQSePx2bdg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 08/01/2013 11:00 AM, DILIP KURUMANGHAT wrote:
> Hi Team,
>
> You might already have come across this stuff many a times.
>
> I am sending this query as to why LVM is not supporting online shrink.
> How is that AIX can do the shrink but not in our best Linux.
Hi,
how do you come to this conclusion?
LVM supports online shrinking of logical volumes since LVM1 got
introduced back in 1997?
Maybe you're confusing this with filesystens or applications string data
on logical volumes
not being able to online shrink?
>
> Is there a big difference i the underlying architecture which prevents
> us from an online shrink?
No.
Heinz
>
> Thanks and regards,
> DILIP K
>
>
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-01 9:00 [linux-lvm] Linux LVM online shrinking :( DILIP KURUMANGHAT
2013-08-05 8:53 ` Zdenek Kabelac
2013-08-05 9:01 ` Zdenek Kabelac
2013-08-05 15:42 ` Mauricio Tavares
2013-08-05 9:53 ` Heinz Mauelshagen [this message]
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