Linux Xubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS How to Shrink/Reduce/Resize A LVM Volume With Swap Easy Guide

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

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

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

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

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 Xubuntu.

   Specifing the Final Size:

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

   /nor 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

   Xubuntu Shrinking LVM Physical Volume

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   Xubuntu Resizing LVM Physical Volume