On Wed, Mar 30, 2016, 2:44 AM thibaut noah <thibaut.n...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2016-03-28 9:30 GMT+02:00 Chris Murphy <li...@colorremedies.com>: > >> I suggest substituting e2fsresize and lvresize with fsadm. It combines >> the steps, and also does an fsck first. It takes the form: >> # fsadm -v -l -y resize /dev/VG/testext4 25g >> >> That's really the only step you need the live boot for, the pvmove step >> can be done while the file system being moved is in use, and also vgreduce. >> >> Also, pvmove can be slow, so you might want to use -i option with a value >> of say 30, to get an update every 30 seconds. Compare pvs 'PFree' for the >> SSD and lvs 'LSize' for home to make sure there's enough room on the SSD to >> move the LV over, otherwise pvmove won't work (or at least it won't >> completely move everything over). So you'll want to get the resize step >> correct. > > > Used fsadm command before vgmerge, worked great. > Succeeded at creating new pv on my ssd to merge it with the root vg thus > allowing me to use the full size of the ssd. > The problem i got is when trying to merge root with Home, i have to make > lv inactive, working on /dev/Home/home with lvchange -an but not working on > /dev/Home/swap. > Tells me the logical volume is in use. > How can the logical volume be in use when i booted on a live usb key? > Is it possible to force it or find another way? > Use swapoff on that LV. I think the way swap works is it "asks" layers for the actual LBAs being used, then uses them directly, so really swap can't be live moved. Chris Murphy >
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