Linux Lubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS How-to Shrink/Reduce/Resize a LVM Volume with Swap Easy Guide

Shrink/Reduce/Resize LVM with Swap on Lubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS

The Linux Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How-to Reduce/Shrink/Resize a LVM/LVM2 Volume to Free Up Space on Lubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS i386/amd64 Linux Desktop.

After to have Shrinked the LVM Logical Volume to FREE up Space You will Need also to Reduce the Physical LVM Volume!

1. Boot System with Ubuntu (Kubuntu/Lubuntu/Xubuntu) Live Media

   How-to Create a Live Ubuntu Media:

   Getting and Burning Ubuntu

   Ubuntu Live CD/DVD Creation.

2. Open Terminal Window
   Ctrl+Alt+t
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

3. Find the LVM Volume Name to Shrink

   sudo su && lvmdiskscan

   It will be of the Form: /dev/my-vg/my-lv
   And if it’s the Root Volume it should Contains the ‘root’ Keyword…

4. Shrinking/Reducing a LVM Volume on Lubuntu

   Specifing the Final Size:

   lvreduce --resizefs --size 100G /dev/my-vg/my-lv

   or Specifing the Amount to Take Off:

   lvreduce --resizefs --size -50G /dev/my-vg/my-lv

   The ‘–resizefs‘ Flag is Fundamental in Succeeding because First as needed it will Resize the File System.

5. How-to Shrink the LVM Physical Volume to Free Up Space:

   Lubuntu Shrinking LVM Physical Volume

   Lubuntu Resizing LVM Physical Volume.

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