lvm_reduce_volume_size
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| Before working through the resizing process it’s important you first understand some basic concepts around physical volumes, volume groups, logical volumes, and the file system. | Before working through the resizing process it’s important you first understand some basic concepts around physical volumes, volume groups, logical volumes, and the file system. | ||
| - | Physical Volume (PV): This can be created on a whole physical disk (think /dev/sda) or a Linux partition. | + | * Physical Volume (PV): This can be created on a whole physical disk (think /dev/sda) or a Linux partition. |
| - | Volume Group (VG): This is made up of at least one or more physical volumes. | + | * Volume Group (VG): This is made up of at least one or more physical volumes. |
| - | Logical Volume (LV): This is sometimes referred to as the partition, it sits within a volume group and has a file system written to it. | + | * Logical Volume (LV): This is sometimes referred to as the partition, it sits within a volume group and has a file system written to it. |
| - | File System: A file system such as ext4 will be on the logical volume. | + | * File System: A file system such as ext4 will be on the logical volume. |
| ===== LVM Resize – How to decrease or shrink the logical volume ===== | ===== LVM Resize – How to decrease or shrink the logical volume ===== | ||
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