>> Is it possible that i log into the server with ssh and umount only /var and >> then resize the logical volume? > > Yes, but you'll have to stop a lot of daemons and other processes that > run with files opened in /var. > > You can find the processes accessing /var with lsof or fuser: > # fuser -mv /var > # lsof /var I stopped all services except sshd and fuser and lsof doesn't show me any files, but i still can't unmount /var :-( # umount /var umount: /var: device is busy umount: /var: device is busy Ayn ideas? Thomas