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There are situations where we would be required to move a whole volume group from one system to another system for some requirement. As part of this, it also moves …
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The fsck (stands for File System Consistency Check) is used to check and repair one or more Linux filesystems. This check will run automatically at boot time when a filesystem …
How to Check and Repair EXT4 Filesystem in Linux Read More
If you have accidentally removed a logical volume (LV) or LVM meta data got corrupted or damaged in some way, it can be easily restored without losing the data using …
How to recover deleted Logical volume (LV) in LVM Read More
Sometimes you may need to remove an unused logical volume in Linux. This can be done using the ‘lvremove’ command as shown below. But make sure there is no data …
How to Remove Logical Volume in Linux Read More
If a device is no longer needed by LVM, you can use the ‘vgreduce’ command to remove that physical volume from it’s volume group. The vgreduce command shrinks the capacity …
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Reducing/Shrinking a logical volume is a high risk of data corruption, so try to avoid this situation as much as possible. But, sometimes we may need to do it if …
How to Reduce LVM Partition Size in Linux Read More
Extending the LVM partition is extremely easy, it takes very few steps and can be done online without unmounting a logical volume. The main purpose of LVM is flexible disk …
How to Extend Logical Volume (LVM) in Linux Read More
Logical Volume Manager (LVM) plays an important role in the Linux operating system by improving the availability, disk I/O, performance and capability of disk management. LVM is a widely used …
How to Create Logical Volume (LVM) in Linux Read More