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  • 1.  Extending a logical volume

    Posted Thu July 14, 2011 08:45 AM

    Originally posted by: briking


    I'm running AIX 5.2 and need to expand a logical volume. Can I add more partitions while the volume is in use?
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  • 2.  Re: Extending a logical volume

    Posted Thu July 14, 2011 09:04 AM

    Originally posted by: tony.evans


    Yes.
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  • 3.  Re: Extending a logical volume

    Posted Thu July 14, 2011 10:36 AM

    Originally posted by: briking


    Thanks Tony - thought you could but wanted to make sure. :)
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  • 4.  Re: Extending a logical volume

    Posted Mon July 25, 2011 07:39 AM

    Originally posted by: karthikraja


    Can we decrease the LV size ?
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  • 5.  Re: Extending a logical volume

    Posted Mon July 25, 2011 10:33 AM

    Originally posted by: orphy


    There is no user-level command for that but there is a low-level command lreducelv if you know what you are doing but it must not run likely!

    If there is a filesystem on top of the LV, just use "chfs -a size=-?..." should take care of reduction for you.
    Orphy
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