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Linux - Allocate space from one file system to another

Hello,

I'm looking to allocate space from one file system to another for a linux server, we currently use LVM.

The following is the output from df:

[root@server ~]# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/rootdg-rootvol
                      4.8G  2.5G  2.1G  56% /
/dev/mapper/rootdg-varvol
                      6.6G  2.0G  4.3G  32% /var
/dev/mapper/rootdg-usrvol
                      9.7G  2.7G  6.5G  30% /usr
/dev/mapper/rootdg-homevol
                      7.4G  6.0G  1.1G  86% /home
/dev/mapper/rootdg-tmpvol
                      4.8G  149M  4.4G   4% /tmp
/dev/mapper/rootdg-appvol
                      302G  177M  287G   1% /app
/dev/sda1              99M   36M   58M  39% /boot
tmpfs                 950M     0  950M   0% /dev/shm
[root@server ~]#

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I'm looking to take the 286G from /app and add it to /home. I'm not sure the correct procedure to complete this?

Here is some additional information that maybe needed...

[root@server ~]# pvs
  PV         VG     Fmt  Attr PSize  PFree
  /dev/sda2  rootdg lvm2 a--  49.88G    0
  /dev/sdb   rootdg lvm2 a--  99.97G    0
  /dev/sdc   rootdg lvm2 a--  99.97G    0
  /dev/sdd   rootdg lvm2 a--  99.97G    0
[root@ccclxravaftp01 ~]# lvs
  LV      VG     Attr   LSize   Origin Snap%  Move Log Copy%  Convert
  appvol  rootdg -wi-ao 311.72G
  homevol rootdg -wi-ao   7.62G
  rootvol rootdg -wi-ao   4.91G
  swapvol rootdg -wi-ao   3.94G
  tmpvol  rootdg -wi-ao   4.88G
  usrvol  rootdg -wi-ao   9.91G
  varvol  rootdg -wi-ao   6.81G
[root@server ~]#

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Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Julian Parker

It doesnt look like there is anything in /app but there may be small files. You should back these up first if they exist

Probably easier to remove /app then extend the other file system
lvremove /dev/rootdg/appvol

extend the lv using lvextend then extend the file system using extendfs this assumes ext3 file system, if you use something else then you will need to look at appropriate tools. Sorry, dont have a system in from of me for the exact commands but man pages will be useful here.

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Is there an easier way? We don't want to get rid /app they still want to have space allocated to that file system. You are correct, there is nothing there, but of course at the moment. What my question is originally... what are the correct steps if you or anyone else could provide to reduce a file system? And we use ext3 and LVM

1-How to properly reduce the space of a file system (does it have to be umount'ed first?)
2-If multiple commands are needed, what should the correct sequence be?

I don't have any issue with extending a file system; I'm aware on how to complete that. I've never reduced a file system before, and I know that other people I've worked with in the past have done so and ended up with corrupted file system, and fsck was needed to be run. Basically, I want to be 100% sure before I run any commands. Thanks!

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