[CentOS] shrink LV with ext3 filesystem

Thomas Antony wrote:
> Is it possible that i log into the server with ssh and umount only
> /var and then resize the logical volume?
>
Try it. Most probably the system will tell you that the disk is in use.
What you could do then is booting from a live CD and resize it from
there (System will be offline, of course).

Regards
Sebastian