[linux-lvm] lvreduce nightmare

Bryn M. Reeves bmr at redhat.com
Mon May 21 09:02:05 UTC 2012


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On 05/20/2012 09:59 AM, tariq wali wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> 
> Thanks for the mail.
> 
> I am not sure if reducing by lvreduce alone is safe and will
> actually reduce the underneath file system also, look at this
> sequence ..

It will if you specify -r/--resizefs. This will call the fsadm script
appropriately to perform the same resize on the file system itself
(either before or after, depending on whether you are shrinking or
growing).

Regards,
Bryn.
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