LVRESIZE(8)							  LVRESIZE(8)



NAME
       lvresize - resize a logical volume

SYNOPSIS
       lvresize [--alloc AllocationPolicy] [-A/--autobackup y/n] [-d/--debug]
       [-h/-?/--help]  [-i/--stripes  Stripes  [-I/--stripesize	 StripeSize]]
       {-l/--extents  [+]LogicalExtentsNumber  |  -L/--size [+]LogicalVolume-
       Size[kKmMgGtT]} [-t/--test] [-v/--verbose]  LogicalVolumePath  [Physi-
       calVolumePath...]

DESCRIPTION
       lvresize	 allows	 you  to  resize  a  logical volume.  Be careful when
       reducing a logical volume's size, because data in the reduced part  is
       lost!!!	You should therefore ensure that any filesystem on the volume
       is shrunk first so that the extents that are to be removed are not  in
       use.   Resizing snapshot logical volumes (see lvcreate(8) for informa-
       tion about creating snapshots) is supported as well.

OPTIONS
       See lvm for common options.

       -l, --extents [+/-]LogicalExtentsNumber
	      Change or set the logical	 volume	 size  in  units  of  logical
	      extents.	 With  the  + or - sign the value is added to or sub-
	      tracted from the actual size of the logical volume and  without
	      it, the value is taken as an absolute one.

       -L, --size [+/-]LogicalVolumeSize[kKmMgGtT]
	      Change or set the logical volume size in units of megabytes.  A
	      size suffix of M for megabytes, G for gigabytes or T  for	 ter-
	      abytes is optional.  With the + or - sign the value is added to
	      or subtracted from the actual size of the	 logical  volume  and
	      without it, the value is taken as an absolute one.

       -i, --stripes Stripes
	      Gives  the  number  of  stripes to use when extending a Logical
	      Volume.  Defaults to whatever the last segment of	 the  Logical
	      Volume uses.  Not applicable to LVs using the original metadata
	      LVM format, which must use a single value throughout.

       -I, --stripesize StripeSize
	      Gives the number	of  kilobytes  for  the	 granularity  of  the
	      stripes.	 Defaults to whatever the last segment of the Logical
	      Volume uses.  Not applicable to LVs using the original metadata
	      LVM format, which must use a single value throughout.
	      StripeSize must be 2^n (n = 2 to 9)

SEE ALSO
       lvm(8), lvcreate(8), lvreduce(8), lvchange(8)



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UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. resize
2. size
3. as
4. lvm
5. last
6. which