Is there a way to reclaim LVM space?
Confirm the system uses LVM with the gnome-disks application, and make sure there is free space available in some other volume. Without space to reclaim from another volume, this guide isn’t useful.
Is it possible to recover a lost LVM volume?
If this procedure does not work, then you may have corrupt LVM meta data. The LVM meta data does not get corrupted very often; but when it does, the file system on the LVM logical volume should also be considered unstable. The goal is to recover the LVM volume, and then check file system integrity.
How can I find out the free space on an LVM PV?
I’m looking for a way I can get the free space on an LVM physical volume without having to use a calculator. I know the pvdisplay command will show me the size of a PE size as well as the free PE, and thus by multiplying the PE size by the free PE I know the free space in KB.
Is there an UUID on the lost LVM volume disk?
It’s not the device UUID that is not found, but the volume group UUID. Since the disk was never removed, leave it as is. There were no device UUID errors, so don’t attempt to restore the UUIDs. This is a good candidate to just try restoring the LVM meta data.
Can a resize2fs file system be converted to LVM?
If you were to resize2fs your current filesystem to use up the free space in the beginning, it would have to move each and every file as the filesystem can only expand at the end. This problem can be solved with the use of LVM which introduces another layer in between the physical blocks on your disk and the blocks as used in the filesystem.
Is there a way to reclaim space from another volume?
Confirm the system uses LVM with the gnome-disks application, and make sure there is free space available in some other volume. Without space to reclaim from another volume, this guide isn’t useful. A Fedora live CD/USB is also needed. Any file system that needs to shrink must be unmounted.
How can I Make my Linux filesystem work with LVM?
In the first situation the solution is simple: remove your old partition, extend your current partition to the end and resize2fs your existing partition to fill up in the remaining space. The latter is more cumbersome. If you delete the old partition, you are left with free space before your current filesystem.