[linux-lvm] lvextend-lvreduce

[Heinz J . Mauelshagen]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 12:48:56PM +0530, Chitaranjan Behera, Noida wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to do lvextend and then lvreduce (same space) without unmounting the
> file system, bcoz of online read/write operation on that file system. System
> seems slow (almost hanged). So can anybody please tell me whether the SAME
> extended block is reduced by the lvreduce command or not.

If you extend a LV, N extents are added to its former end.
If you reduce it by the very same amount N of extents afterwards the very
same N extents are freed.

> And what could be
> the reason of system hang.

Probably locking caused by the filesystem accesses.
Which version of LVM are you using?

Regards,
Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --


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