Yup, that's what i did, didn't update because i was heads deep in this :D
Currently finishing pvmove (forgot to move the swap though i will erase it
soon) in order to get pvreduce to work.
Should be working fine at reboot hopefully.
2016-03-30 11:17 GMT+02:00 Chris Murphy <lists(a)colorremedies.com>:
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016, 2:44 AM thibaut noah <thibaut.noah(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2016-03-28 9:30 GMT+02:00 Chris Murphy <lists(a)colorremedies.com>:
>
>> I suggest substituting e2fsresize and lvresize with fsadm. It combines
>> the steps, and also does an fsck first. It takes the form:
>> # fsadm -v -l -y resize /dev/VG/testext4 25g
>>
>> That's really the only step you need the live boot for, the pvmove step
>> can be done while the file system being moved is in use, and also vgreduce.
>>
>> Also, pvmove can be slow, so you might want to use -i option with a
>> value of say 30, to get an update every 30 seconds. Compare pvs 'PFree'
for
>> the SSD and lvs 'LSize' for home to make sure there's enough room on
the
>> SSD to move the LV over, otherwise pvmove won't work (or at least it
won't
>> completely move everything over). So you'll want to get the resize step
>> correct.
>
>
> Used fsadm command before vgmerge, worked great.
> Succeeded at creating new pv on my ssd to merge it with the root vg thus
> allowing me to use the full size of the ssd.
> The problem i got is when trying to merge root with Home, i have to make
> lv inactive, working on /dev/Home/home with lvchange -an but not working on
> /dev/Home/swap.
> Tells me the logical volume is in use.
> How can the logical volume be in use when i booted on a live usb key?
> Is it possible to force it or find another way?
>
Use swapoff on that LV. I think the way swap works is it "asks" layers for
the actual LBAs being used, then uses them directly, so really swap can't
be live moved.
Chris Murphy
>
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