-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2016 4:33 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] How to move /var to another partition
On 9/25/2016 12:56 PM, Robert Nichols wrote:
What I do is have a separate logical volume for /var/lib/libvirt, with /var/lib/libvirt/etc bind-mounted to /etc/libvirt. It keeps all the libvirt stuff together, since the backup requirements there are quite different from the rest of the system.
this!
when I create a centos system, I let anaconda setup LVM, but I hugely
shrink
/home to something reasonable, and leave much of the physical disk space unassigned for future allocation. then I'll create a new LV for /var/lib/whatever, mkfs_xfs and mount it (adding it to /etc/fstab)
when I
want to explore something new like a database server, setup a web server, or KVM... if it turns out I need more space for /home, its as simple as..
lvextend -L +20g /dev/mapper/vg_xxxx-lv_home && xfs_growfs /hometo add 20G (or whatever) to said file system...
-- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
[Thomas E Dukes]
I ducked when that went right over my head. :-)
Seriously, I don't have a clue what ya'll said and too afraid to try it. I did some reading on LVM today. I know enough to be dangerous.
I'm installing Centos 7 in /home/LV as we speak but can blow it away if you care to help me out setting that up. Know you guys have more important things going on than dealing with 'casual' users.
I sincerely appreciate your help!!