How do I extend VG from another VG?

How do I extend VG from another VG?

How to Extend Volume Group and Reduce Logical Volume

1. To Create new partition Press n.
2. Choose primary partition use p.
3. Choose which number of partition to be selected to create the primary partition.
4. Press 1 if any other disk available.
5. Change the type using t.
6. Type 8e to change the partition type to Linux LVM.

How do you change VG?

Steps To Change The LVM Volume Group Name

1. Step 1: Change Volume Group Name.
2. Step 2: Update The File System Configuration File: “/etc/fstab”
3. Step 3: Update The Grub2 Configuration File: “/boot/grub2/grub.
4. Step 4: Rebuild The Kernel initramfs File.
5. Step 5: Reboot The System.

How do I move space from one partition to another in Linux?

3 Answers

1. Backup your /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1 volumes!
2. Use partitioning tool to shrink your /dev/sdb1 . For example you can use gparted .
3. Add new partition ( /dev/sdb2 ).
4. Copy all your data from your current /home directory to /dev/sdb2 .
5. Remove all contents from /home directory.
6. Mount /dev/sdb2 on /home .

How reduce VG size in Linux?

Reducing the logical volume involves the below steps.

1. Unmount the file system.
2. Check the file system for any errors.
3. Shrink the file system size.
4. Reduce the logical volume size.
5. Re-check the file system for errors (Optional).
6. Mount the file system.
7. Check the reduced file system size.

How check VG details in Linux?

There are two commands you can use to display properties of LVM volume groups: vgs and vgdisplay . The vgscan command, which scans all the disks for volume groups and rebuilds the LVM cache file, also displays the volume groups. For information on the vgscan command, see Section 5.3.

How big is the physical volume of Vg1?

— Physical volume — PV Name /dev/sda2 VG Name VG1 PV Size 49.81 GiB / not usable 4.00 MiB Allocatable yes PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 12751 Free PE 832 Allocated PE 11919 PV UUID WnPKaI-x6h6-cdCJ-Ew9q-ha6e-6nUM-9TnWYx

Is there any way to create free space from the Lun?

You are talking about “free space from the LUN” so I assume you have unpartitioned space on the underlying “Hard Disk” (or whatever it is), or you can create free space by shrinking another partition.

How can I expand my LV in / home partition?

Kindly provide me the steps of adding the free space from the LUN to the existing Volume Group, so that I can able to extend my LV in /home partition. To be able to enlarge your LV you have first to add another physical volume to the VG.