Scenario : Yeah Disk space issues!! /var and /var/log are seperate partitions and /var/log is getting filled-up with the current logrotation settings which we dont want to change. /var is allocated with 50G and has got lot of free space left in it. So we decided to go-ahead with the decision to re-size the partitions and thereby providing more disk space to /var/log partition.

AIM paraphrased : Reduce the LVM partition for /var and then Expand /var/log

Execute the command lvdisplay to list the sizes of all logical volumes.

/dev/vg01/lv_var is the mouted partition for /var and

/dev/vg01/lv_var_log is the mounted partition for /var/log

The change has got two stages :

Stage 1: Reduce the Logical Volume /dev/vg01/lv_var size to 40G

Unmount /var partition before lvreduce.

Make sure /var of not being used by any process.

[bash][root@server ~]# lsof /var/

[root@server ~]#

[root@server ~]# fuser -m /var/[/bash]

Both the commands should not give us any output. If displayed then Stop  or Kill all associated programs/processes that are accessing /var .

[bash]fuser –m /var[/bash]

will list all the PID’s accessing /var.

Either kill the processes one-by-one or kill them all by executing the below command

[bash]fuser -km /var[/bash]

then

[bash]umount /var[/bash]

You may get the below error message while unmounting

[bash]umount: /var: device is busy

umount: /var: device is busy[/bash]

Make sure no processes are associated with /var partition

Just to be one the safer side execute the below commands again.

[bash]lsof /var

fuser -m /var[/bash]

and if no results are displayed, forcefully unmount the partition

[bash]umount -f /var[/bash]

Then run :

[bash]e2fsck -f /dev/vg01/lv_var[/bash]

REDUCING THE TOTAL SIZE TO 40G:

[bash]resize2fs  /dev/vg01/lv_var 40G[/bash]

[bash]lvreduce -L40G /dev/vg01/lv_var[/bash]

Re-mount the partition :

[bash]mount /dev/vg01/lv_var /var[/bash]

Stage 2: Expand the Logical Volume /dev/vg01/lv_var_log size to 10G

To expand an LVM, there is no need to have it unmounted.

MAKING THE TOTAL SIZE FOR /VAR/LOG TO 10G:

[bash]lvextend -L10G /dev/vg01/lv_var_log[/bash]

[bash]e2fsck -f /dev/vg01/lv_var_log[/bash]

[bash]resize2fs  /dev/vg01/lv_var_log[/bash]

lvdisplay and df -h should show the updated disk spaces.

Cheers,