On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Rudi Ahlers <rudiahlers at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Is it possible, safely, to resize /var while a server is running? I urgently > need to resize a full 2GB /var on a running server which is located at a > remote location where no one can get to it for 2 days? > > The system runs on lvm. If it's on LVM it's pretty simple: lvs to show the current lvs. lvresize -L +500M /dev/VolGroup00/var_lv resize2fs /dev/VolGroup00/var_lv If you're running earlier versions of lvm you may need to use ex2online instead of resize2fs.