Requirement: Wipe away /old and add the space recovered (5 GB) to /new for the following disk layout:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VG01-LV01_app 5G 2.5G 2.5G 50% /old
/dev/mapper/VG02-LV02_app 5G 2.5G 2.5G 50% /new
- /old is mounted on Logical Volume LV01 in Volume Group VG01
- Volume VG01 comprises 1 Logical Volume /dev/mapper/VG01-LV01_app and1 Physical Volume /dev/sdb1
- /new is mounted on Logical Volume LV02 in Volume Group VG02
- System and other partitions (/, /boot, /home, etc.) are mounted on Logical Volumes in Volume Group VG00 (not considered in example).
Implementation: Here’s how I met the above requirement on RHEL 5.
STEP 1: Backup the partition to be extended
Backup /new before extending it with space recovered from wiping out /old.
STEP 2: Unmount the partitions
sudo umount /old
sudo umount /new
NOTE: You cannot unmount the partitions if they’re busy. You may use lsof to determine which files are using the partition and stop the associated services/processes.
STEP 3: Determine the number of extents used by the Logical Volume associated with /old
sudo lvdisplay /dev/mapper/VG01-LV01_app
STEP 4: Remove Volumes associated with /old
sudo lvremove /dev/mapper/VG01-LV01_app
sudo vgremove VG01
sudo pvremove /dev/sdb1
STEP 5: Extend Volumes associated with /new
sudo pvcreate /dev/sdb1
sudo vgextend VG02 /dev/sdb1
sudo lvextend -l+1599 /dev/mapper/VG02-LV02_app /dev/sdb1
Note that the above assumes that the number of extents associated with /dev/mapper/VG01-LV01_app is 1599 (determined in STEP 2).
STEP 6: Check and resize the filesystem
Now that the Volume Group and Logical Volume associated with /new has been extended, the filesystem for the Logical Volume must be checked and resized as follows:
sudo e2fsck -f /dev/mapper/VG02-LV02_app
sudo resize2fs /dev/mapper/VG02-LV02_app
STEP 7: Mount partitions
Mount the /new partition as follows:
sudo mount /new
You should see the following disk layout for /new:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VG02-LV02_app 10G 2.5G 7.5G 25% /new
