Resize A LVM Physical Volume With Swap Easy Guide

September 19, 2014 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Shrink/Reduce/Resize LVM Physical Volume on Xubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Reduce/Shrink/Resize a LVM/LVM2 Physical Volume to Free Up Space on Xubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS GNU/Linux Desktop.

After to have Shrinked the LVM Logical Volume the Problem is: Where is Located the Free Space into the Physical LVM Volume…

How to Shrink the LVM Logical Volume on Xubuntu

Xubuntu Shrinking LVM Logical Volume

Xubuntu Resizing LVM Logical Volume
Boot System with Ubuntu (Kubuntu/Lubuntu/Xubuntu) Live Media.
Open Terminal Window
Ctrl+Alt+t
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
Install System-config-lvm GUI LVM Volume Manager on Ubuntu Based
```
sudo su && apt-get update
```
```
apt-get install system-config-lvm
```
Run System-config-lvm GUI LVM Volume Manager
```
system-config-lvm
```
Check the Free Space Location
Select Physical View.
- If it is Located Between the Target Volume and the Swap Then you will Need to Execute All Steps
- If it is External you can directly Resizing the LVM with GParted!
Removing the LVM Swap Volume.

Take Note of the Name to Re-Create it Again Later!
Install GParted on Ubuntu Based
```
apt-get install gparted
```
Run GParted.

Ctrl+Alt+t to Open a New Tab on Terminal
```
gparted
```
Shrinking the LVM Physical Volume with GParted.

Take Care of Leave enough Free Space to Re-Create the Swap LVM Volume Again Later!
Go to System-config-lvm and ReLoad.
Then ReCreate the LVM Swap Volume.

Put the Same Name as Before…

On File System leave the default ‘None’
For Security Bless again as Swap the New LVM Swap Volume.

So now Execute a Disk Scan to Find out existing Partitions:
```
lvmdiskscan
```
In the Output you should be able to Recognize your Device…
```
mkswap /dev/my-vg/my-swap_1
```
```
swapon /dev/my-vg/my-swap_1 && exit
```
Then you Can Finally, ReBoot into an Xubuntu LVM System with some FREE Space ;)