LVM basic
Article Number: 154 | Rating: Unrated | Last Updated: Sat, Jun 2, 2018 9:38 PM
SCAN a new disk
ls -l /sys/class/scsi_host/ grep mpt /sys/class/scsi_host/host?/proc_name fdisk -l echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host2/scan
OVERVIEW OF DISKS and PARTITIONS
lsblk
Summary of Volume Groups
vgs (Volume Group Status)
Summary of Logical Volumes
lvs (Logical Volume Status)
Volume Group
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Logical Volume
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vgdisplay vgdisplay vg_gsp_1 |
lvdisplay lvdisplay vg_gsp_1
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vgextend vg_gsp_1 /dev/sdc1
vgreduce vg_gsp_1 /dev/sdc1
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lvextend /dev/vg_gg1/lv_root /dev/sdc1 lvextend --size +2G /dev/vg_gsp_1/lv_gpdisk_1
lvreduce /dev/vg_gg1/lv_root /dev/sdc1
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vgcreate vg_gsp_1 /dev/sdb1
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lvcreate -L 6G -n lv_gpdisk_2 vg_gsp_1 lvcreate -n lv_gpdisk_2 -l 100%FREE vg_gsp_1 lvremove /dev/vg_gsp_1/lv_gspvol_001
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mkfs -t ext4 /dev/vg_gsp_1/lv_gpdisk_1
mkfs.xfs /dev/vg_gsp_1/lv_gpdisk_1 resize2fs /dev/vg_gg1/lv_root
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SHRINK VOLUME
umount /gspmount1 resize2fs -p /dev/vg_gsp_1/lv_gspvol_001 1G e2fsck -f /dev/vg_gsp_1/lv_gspvol_001 resize2fs -p /dev/vg_gsp_1/lv_gspvol_001 1G lvreduce -L 1G /dev/vg_gsp_1/lv_gspvol_001 mount /dev/vg_gsp_1/lv_gspvol_001 /gspmount1
INCREASE ROOT
vgdisplay vg_rhce lvdisplay vg_rhce vgextend vg_rhce /dev/sdc1 lvextend /dev/vg_rhce/lv_root /dev/sdc1 lsblk df -h resize2fs /dev/vg_gg1/lv_root or xfs_growfs /dev/vg_gg1/lv_root df -h
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