Assign Unused Space / Reduce space from the LVM Partition in Linux/Unix

Here, we are going to provide all remaining free space of hard disk to /motadata partition.

root@ubuntu:~# df -kh
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg0-root 14G 1.9G 12G 14% /
none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev 2.0G 4.0K 2.0G 1% /dev
tmpfs 395M 400K 395M 1% /run
none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
none 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /run/shm
none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user
/dev/xvda1 361M 36M 303M 11% /boot
/dev/mapper/vg0-motadata 71G 52M 67G 1% /motadata

root@ubuntu:~# pvs
  PV         VG   Fmt  Attr PSize   PFree
  /dev/xvda2 vg0  lvm2 a--  129.62g 36.17g

root@ubuntu:~# lvextend /dev/mapper/vg0-motadata /dev/xvda2
Extending logical volume motadata to 107.69 GiB
Logical volume motadata successfully resized

root@ubuntu:~# resize2fs /dev/mapper/vg0-motadata
resize2fs 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
Filesystem at /dev/mapper/vg0-motadata is mounted on /motadata; on-line resizing required
old_desc_blocks = 5, new_desc_blocks = 7
The filesystem on /dev/mapper/vg0-motadata is now 28230656 blocks long.

root@ubuntu:~# df -kh
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg0-root 14G 1.9G 12G 14% /
none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev 2.0G 4.0K 2.0G 1% /dev
tmpfs 395M 400K 395M 1% /run
none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
none 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /run/shm
none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user
/dev/xvda1 361M 36M 303M 11% /boot
/dev/mapper/vg0-motadata 106G 60M 101G 1% /motadata

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Reduce space from /motadata partition.

root@ubuntu:~# lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert
motadata vg0 -wi-ao--- 107.69g
root vg0 -wi-ao--- 14.30g
swap vg0 -wi-ao--- 7.63g

root@ubuntu:~# df -kh
Filesystem                Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg0-root       14G  1.9G   12G  14% /
none                      4.0K     0  4.0K   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev                      2.0G  4.0K  2.0G   1% /dev
tmpfs                     395M  400K  395M   1% /run
none                      5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
none                      2.0G     0  2.0G   0% /run/shm
none                      100M     0  100M   0% /run/user
/dev/xvda1                361M   36M  303M  11% /boot
/dev/mapper/vg0-motadata  106G   60M  101G   1% /motadata

root@ubuntu:~# umount -v /motadata
/dev/mapper/vg0-motadata has been unmounted

root@ubuntu:~# e2fsck -f /dev/mapper/vg0-motadata
e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/mapper/vg0-motadata: 27/7061504 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 491233/28230656 blocks

root@ubuntu:~# resize2fs /dev/mapper/vg0-motadata 36G
resize2fs 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
Resizing the filesystem on /dev/mapper/vg0-motadata to 9437184 (4k) blocks.
The filesystem on /dev/mapper/vg0-motadata is now 9437184 blocks long.

root@ubuntu:~# lvreduce -L -36G /dev/mapper/vg0-motadata
  WARNING: Reducing active logical volume to 71.69 GiB
  THIS MAY DESTROY YOUR DATA (filesystem etc.)
Do you really want to reduce motadata? [y/n]: y
  Reducing logical volume motadata to 71.69 GiB
  Logical volume motadata successfully resized

root@ubuntu:~# resize2fs /dev/vg0/motadata
resize2fs 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
Resizing the filesystem on /dev/vg0/motadata to 18793472 (4k) blocks.
The filesystem on /dev/vg0/motadata is now 18793472 blocks long.

root@ubuntu:~# mount /dev/vg0/motadata /motadata/

root@ubuntu:~# lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert
motadata vg0 -wi-ao--- 71.69g
root vg0 -wi-ao--- 14.30g
swap vg0 -wi-ao--- 7.63g

Extend / Reduce SWAP Partitions in Linux

Extend Swap Partition.

1) Determine the name of the swap logical volume using the "lvs" command:

root@ubuntu:~# lvs
  LV       VG   Attr      LSize  Pool Origin Data%  Move Log Copy%  Convert
  motadata vg0  -wi-ao--- 71.52g
  root     vg0  -wi-ao--- 14.30g
  swap     vg0  -wi-ao---  7.63g

2) Turn off the swap partition:

root@ubuntu:~# swapoff /dev/mapper/vg0-swap

3) Resize the swap partition, adding 15GB more space to it:

root@ubuntu:~# lvresize -L +5G /dev/mapper/vg0-swap
  Extending logical volume swap to 12.63 GiB
  Logical volume swap successfully resized

4) Format the new swap space to make it usable:

root@ubuntu:~# mkswap /dev/mapper/vg0-swap
mkswap: /dev/mapper/vg0-swap: warning: don't erase bootbits sectors
on whole disk. Use -f to force.
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 13242364 KiB
no label, UUID=a1ea414e-f650-4d11-8525-43ff01ed48d8

5) Turn the swap volume back on:

root@ubuntu:~# swapon /dev/mapper/vg0-swap




6) Use the free command to show your new swap space:

root@ubuntu:~# free -mh | grep -i swap
Swap: 12G 0B 12G