1,View the free spaces
#vgs
vsize xx
2,View file system and LV
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/datavg-backup
1008M 34M 924M 4% /opt/backup
# lvdisplay /dev/datavg/backup
--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/datavg/backup
VG Name datavg
LV UUID 20vC1U-32uu-yxJk-FGxS-is2B-iAEo-zh3tF6
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 1.00 GB
3,Enlarge the LV
# lvresize -L +500M /dev/datavg/backup
Extending logical volume backup to 1.49 GB
Logical volume backup successfully resized
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/datavg-backup
1008M 34M 924M 4% /opt/backup
We have increased the size of the logical volume, the size of the file system has been unaffected.
4, Resize the filesystem
We now need to resize the ext3 file system to utilize the remaining available space within the logical volume
# resize2fs -p /dev/datavg/backup
resize2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
Filesystem at /dev/datavg/backup is mounted on /opt/backup; on-line resizing required
Performing an on-line resize of /dev/datavg/backup to 390144 (4k) blocks.
The filesystem on /dev/datavg/backup is now 390144 blocks long.
5, Check out
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/datavg-backup
1.5G 34M 1.4G 3% /opt/backup