RedHat Exam EX200 Topic 3 Question 88 Discussion

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Question #: 88
Topic #: 3

One Logical Volume is created named as myvol under vo volume group and is mounted. The Initial Size of that Logical Volume is 400MB. Make successfully that the size of Logical Volume 200MB without losing any dat

a. The size of logical volume 200MB to 210MB will be acceptable.

AExplanation:
First check the size of Logical Volume: lvdisplay /dev/vo/myvol
Make sure that the filesystem is in a consistent state before reducing:
# fsck -f /dev/vo/myvol
Now reduce the filesystem by 200MB.
# resize2fs /dev/vo/myvol 200M
It is now possible to reduce the logical volume. #lvreduce /dev/vo/myvol -L 200M
Verify the Size of Logical Volume: lvdisplay /dev/vo/myvol
Verify that the size comes in online or not: df -h

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by Earleen at May 08, 2024, 05:54 AM

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Lore

20 hours ago

But what if I need to reduce it to 200MB without losing any data?

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Viola

3 days ago

You can use lvreduce command to reduce the size of the Logical Volume.

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Ivette

5 days ago

Reducing the logical volume size without losing data is a useful skill. The explanation seems clear, but I wonder if there are any potential edge cases or gotchas to watch out for.

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Lore

8 days ago

I'm not sure how to reduce the size of a Logical Volume.

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