lvreduce/lvextend vs lvresize

drManhattan · 06-03-2012, 01:32 PM

Hi

What is the difference in using lvreduce/lvextend vs lvresize ?

Best regards

EricTRA · 06-04-2012, 12:47 AM

Hi,

All three are symlinks to LVM for as far as I can tell. The only difference, in my opinion, is that lvresize can be used for both operations (shrinking and/or extending) while lvreduce / lvextend can only be used for one option, reducing / extending respectively. If there is something more to it, I'd love to know too. Always eager to learn.

Kind regards,

Eric

zhjim · 06-04-2012, 01:03 AM

Found one little difference:
lvreduce as the only one of the three commands has the -f option to force operation. At least according to the man page. Cheered to soon when you do a {lvreduce;lvextend;lvresize} --help all three have the -f option