[TriLUG] Modify LVM

Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG trilug at trilug.org
Sun Jan 24 21:02:28 EST 2016


On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 8:50 PM, MvER - TrLUG via TriLUG
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> Below is some data on my 750 GB disk, holding ubuntu 14.04, my /home
> folder, etc.
> The LVM GUI  tool shows unmounted /dev/sda2 with 698.40 GB, which I tend
> not to believe, in my ignorance.
>
> Anyhow, what I want to do is to expand /dev/sda5 to use 239.5 GB
> currently listed as free space in ubuntu-vg.
>
> I've been reading:
> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/40702/how-to-manage-and-use-lvm-logical-volume-management-in-ubuntu/
> and others, but am really fearful of working on the live disk with lots
> of needed files in case I do it wrong with the various create and extend
> commands.
>
> I can supply output from sudo fdisk, etc upon request.
>
> Anyone up for providing guidance?
>
>
> mver at mver-RV415-RV515:~$ sudo df
>
> Filesystem                       1K-blocks     Used Available Use%
> Mounted on
> udev                               4012060       12   4012048   1% /dev
> tmpfs                               804444     1572    802872   1% /run
> /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root       26704124 11114816  14209780  44% /
> none                                     4        0         4   0%
> /sys/fs/cgroup
> none                                  5120        0      5120   0% /run/lock
> none                               4022208      540   4021668   1% /run/shm
> none                                102400       64    102336   1% /run/user
> /dev/sda1                           240972   186388     42143  82% /boot
> /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-home       25671996 21556176   4073224  85% /home
> /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-docs      103081248 45715688  57244320  45%
> /home/mver/docs
> /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-tbird      25671996   601800  25027600   3%
> /home/mver/.thunderbird
> /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-winsamdta  25671996 18480568   7148832  73%
> /home/mver/winsamdta
>

      What is the output for

sudo pvs
sudo lvs

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