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Add logical volume with ext4 partition to existing LVM group

Warning: before you proceed, be sure to backup everything! Creating a new volume on a existing lvm group is easy. Check free blocks / space on lvm group vgdisplay vg1|grep “Free PE” Free PE / Size 29828 / 116.52 GiB In my case 116 GB were unallocated. Create the new Read more…

By Benjamin Wiedmann, 12 years2012/12/08 ago

Linux

Shrinking ext4 partition and underlying LVM on Debian Linux (Proxmox VE)

I’ve created a LVM (eg. “vg1”) and set the whole space to a single group (eg. “vz”) to have plenty room for my Proxmox VMs (space directive “all” at LVM creation). LV vg1 vz /var/lib/vz ext4 all Upon taking cron based snapshots of running VMs, Proxmox said that there’s no Read more…

By Benjamin Wiedmann, 13 years2012/06/17 ago

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