On 10-07-11 02:27 PM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Hi, > > One of our servers has a too small root partition on LVM and needs to > be resized. Can / be safely increased online, without a reboot? > > [root at zaxen02 ~]# lvscan > ACTIVE '/dev/LVM01/root' [4.00 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/LVM01/home' [20.00 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/LVM01/var' [4.00 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/LVM01/swap' [4.00 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/LVM01/log' [1.00 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/LVM01/webmin' [2.00 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/LVM01/xenstored' [2.00 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/LVM01/xensave' [2.00 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/LVM01/opennation-net_img' [10.00 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/LVM01/opennation-net_swap' [1.00 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/LVM01/pluto_img' [100.00 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/LVM01/pluto_swap' [1.00 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/LVM01/tmp' [5.00 GB] inherit > [root at zaxen02 ~]# pvscan > PV /dev/md1 VG LVM01 lvm2 [232.69 GB / 76.69 GB free] > Total: 1 [232.69 GB] / in use: 1 [232.69 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] > [root at zaxen02 ~]# It depends mainly on the filesystem you are using. The ext[3|4] filesystems are fine. You'll have to extend the LV, and then separately extend the filesystem itself. Please test this on a non-production server before trying it on your live server, just to be safe and to be sure that you've got your syntax right. -- Digimer E-Mail: linux at alteeve.com AN!Whitepapers: http://alteeve.com Node Assassin: http://nodeassassin.org