On Thursday 04 January 2007 11:43, Paul wrote: > After upgrading my HD, I am now wishing I left some space for doing > snapshots. Is there a way to free up some space so I can get some free > PE? > > Right now I have this: > # vgdisplay > --- Volume group --- > VG Name VolGroup00 > System ID > Format lvm2 > Metadata Areas 1 > Metadata Sequence No 7 > VG Access read/write > VG Status resizable > MAX LV 0 > Cur LV 2 > Open LV 2 > Max PV 0 > Cur PV 1 > Act PV 1 > VG Size 38.22 GB > PE Size 32.00 MB > Total PE 1223 > Alloc PE / Size 1223 / 38.22 GB > Free PE / Size 0 / 0 > VG UUID 0mB18U-4VRo-1GMC-oKdf-ZndA-slFy-eOQtYD > > So, it won't let me do this: > # lvcreate -L1G -s -n fullbakup /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 > Insufficient free extents (0) in volume group VolGroup00: 32 required > > Ext2online will not reduce size, so the man page says and I also tried it > for the fun of it. > > lvresize won't work either. ext2resize is what you are looking for, but it requires the mount to be offline. In your case, you want to ext2resize the ext2/3 partition to reduce it's usage of the LV, then use lvresize to reduce the LV appropriately. That should leave you the room in the Volume Group to create snapshop LVs. -- - Kevan Benson - A-1 Networks