Changes between Version 25 and Version 26 of extend-disk-on-kvm-guest

Timestamp:

Dec 24, 2016, 7:00:16 AM (4 years ago)

Author:

IMC linksunten

Comment:

Add option to extend the volume with a relative amount of free space

extend-disk-on-kvm-guest

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 == Step 4: Assign free space and resize filesystems ==
 
-The next step would be to assign the free space from the VG to the LV. That's what lvresize does. For example (size in GB is the new size you want):
+The next step would be to assign the free space from the VG to the LV. That's what lvresize does. 
+
+For example (size in GB is the new size you want):
 
 {{{
@@ -130 +132 @@
 
 will change the specified LV to have 50GB.
+
+Alternatively, you can provide the relative amount of free space you want to assign:
+
+{{{
+lvresize --extents +95%FREE /dev/mapper/LVNAME
+}}}
 
 Finally you would normally need to resize the filesystem as well so that it can make use of the extra space in the logical volume.