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lvresize — Change the size of a logical volume. See also: `lvm`. More information: <https://manned.org/lvresize

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Problem

How to use the lvresize command: Change the size of a logical volume. See also: lvm. More information: <https://manned.org/lvresize>.

Solution

lvresize — Change the size of a logical volume. See also: lvm. More information: <https://manned.org/lvresize>.

Change the size of a logical volume to 120 GB:
sudo lvresize {{[-L|--size]}} 120G {{volume_group}}/{{logical_volume}}


Extend the size of a logical volume as well as the underlying filesystem by 120 GB:
sudo lvresize {{[-L|--size]}} +120G {{[-r|--resizefs]}} {{volume_group}}/{{logical_volume}}


Extend the size of a logical volume to 100% of the free physical volume space:
sudo lvresize {{[-l|--extents]}} 100%FREE {{volume_group}}/{{logical_volume}}


Reduce the size of a logical volume as well as the underlying filesystem by 120 GB:
sudo lvresize {{[-L|--size]}} -120G {{[-r|--resizefs]}} {{volume_group}}/{{logical_volume}}

Code Snippets

Change the size of a logical volume to 120 GB

sudo lvresize {{[-L|--size]}} 120G {{volume_group}}/{{logical_volume}}

Extend the size of a logical volume as well as the underlying filesystem by 120 GB

sudo lvresize {{[-L|--size]}} +120G {{[-r|--resizefs]}} {{volume_group}}/{{logical_volume}}

Extend the size of a logical volume to 100% of the free physical volume space

sudo lvresize {{[-l|--extents]}} 100%FREE {{volume_group}}/{{logical_volume}}

Reduce the size of a logical volume as well as the underlying filesystem by 120 GB

sudo lvresize {{[-L|--size]}} -120G {{[-r|--resizefs]}} {{volume_group}}/{{logical_volume}}

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tldr-pages: linux/lvresize

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