Your Question: How Reduce Home Lvm Size in Linux?

How can I reduce the size of my LVM?

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 reduce the size of my home directory in Linux?

5 Answers

1. umount /home $ umount /home.
2. shrink the /home filesystem $ fsck -f /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_home $ resize2fs /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_home 80G.
3. shrink the /home logical volume $ lvreduce -L -40G /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_home.
4. resize the /home partition to the size of the LV $ resize2fs /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_home.