[linux-lvm] Adding PVs to a group

[Charles Marcus]

On 4/20/2008, Ross Boylan (ross at biostat.ucsf.edu) wrote:
>> vgextend vg2 /dev/sdb2, then
>> 
>> lvextend -L+100G /dev/vg2/var, then
>> 
>> resize_reiserfs -f /dev/vg2/var

> In your first example you umount'd before resizing. In this example 
> you don't. reiser doesn't require taking the volume offline before 
> resizing, so I don't think you need umount in any case.

Right... although, if I'm not mistaken, you do have to umount if you are 
*shrinking*...

And I'm assuming thats what the -f is for when doing it on a live 
filesystem?

But I prefer to umount anyway... just feels safer to me...

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Best regards,

Charles