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PVRESIZE(8) System Manager's Manual PVRESIZE(8) NAME pvresize - resize a disk or partition in use by LVM2 SYNOPSIS pvresize [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] [--set- physicalvolumesizesize] PhysicalVolume [PhysicalVolume...] DESCRIPTION pvresize resizes PhysicalVolume which may already be in a volume group and have active logical volumes allocated on it. OPTIONS See lvm(8) for common options. --setphysicalvolumesize size Overrides the automatically-detected size of the PV. Use with care, or prior to reducing the physical size of the device. EXAMPLES Expand the PV on /dev/sda1 after enlarging the partition with fdisk: pvresize /dev/sda1 Shrink the PV on /dev/sda1 prior to shrinking the partition with fdisk (ensure that the PV size is appropriate for your intended new partition size): pvresize --setphysicalvolumesize 40G /dev/sda1 RESTRICTIONS pvresize will refuse to shrink PhysicalVolume if it has allocated ex- tents after where its new end would be. In the future, it should relo- cate these elsewhere in the volume group if there is sufficient free space, like pvmove does. pvresize won't currently work correctly on LVM1 volumes or PVs with ex- tra metadata areas. SEE ALSO lvm(8), pvmove(8), lvresize(8), fdisk(8) Sistina Software UK LVM TOOLS 2.02.44-cvs (02-17-09) PVRESIZE(8)