pvresize Command Examples in Linux

pvresize is a tool to resize Physical Volume which may already be in a volume group and have active logical volumes allocated on it.

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

Examples of pvresize Command

1. To resize a physical volume, by reducing it then reducing the disk size by fdisk:

# pvresize --setphysicalvolumesize 20G /dev/sda2

2. To extend the disk then resize th PV:

# pvresize /dev/sda2

3. To set to debug mode:

# pvresize -d
# pvresize --debug

4. To run pvresize in test mode:

# pvresize -t
# pvresize --test

5. To set to verbose mode:

# pvresize -v
# pvresize --verbose

6. To get the pvresize version:

# pvresize --version

7. To get the help for pvresize:

# pvresize --help
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