Shrink/Reduce/Resize LVM Physical Volume on Xubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS
The Linux 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 i386/amd64 Linux Desktop.
After to have Shrinked the LVM Logical Volume the Problem is: Where is Located the Free Space into the Physical LVM Volume…
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How-to Shrink the LVM Logical Volume on Xubuntu:
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Boot System with Ubuntu (Kubuntu/Lubuntu/Xubuntu) Live Media
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Open Terminal Window
Ctrl+Alt+t
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
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Install System-config-lvm GUI LVM Volume Manager on Ubuntu Based
sudo su && apt-get update
apt-get install system-config-lvm
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Run System-config-lvm GUI LVM Volume Manager
system-config-lvm
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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!
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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
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Run GParted
Ctrl+Alt+t to Open a New Tab on Terminal
gparted
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Shrinking the LVM Physical Volume with GParted
Take Care of Leave enough Free Space to Re-Create the Swap LVM Volume Again Later!
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Go to System-config-lvm and ReLoad
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Then ReCreate the LVM Swap Volume
Put the Same Name as Before…
On File System leave the default ‘None’
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For Security Bless again as Swap the New LVM Swap Volume
lvmdiskscan
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 ;)
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