Your Question: How Do I Resize a Volume Group in Linux?

How do I shrink a volume group in Linux?

How to Shrink an LVM Volume Safely on Linux

1. Step 1: First take a full backup of your filesystem.
2. Step 2:Start and force a filesystem check.
3. Step 3:Resize your filesystem before resize your Logical Volume.
4. Step 4: Reduce LVM size.
5. Step 5: Re-run resize2fs.

How do I resize a physical volume in Linux?

Extend LVM manually

1. Extend the physical drive partition: sudo fdisk /dev/vda – Enter the fdisk tool to modify /dev/vda. …
2. Modify (extend) the LVM: Tell LVM the physical partition size has changed: sudo pvresize /dev/vda1. …
3. Resize the file system: sudo resize2fs /dev/COMPbase-vg/root.