[linux-lvm] shrink pv without pvresize (FC3 LVM)

Alasdair G Kergon agk at redhat.com
Sun Dec 12 17:27:34 UTC 2004


On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 05:24:29PM +0000, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> Only change pe_count for the PV you're resizing and nothing else!
 
And I forgot to say the obvious: if you're shrinking a PV, be sure
to pvmove any data off the part you're removing first:-)

If you've only one PV, you might need 'pvmove --alloc anywhere' to
do this.

Alasdair
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