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Re: xfs_shrink?

To: Martin Maciaszek <mmaciaszek@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: xfs_shrink?
From: Seth Mos <knuffie@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 21:01:18 +0200 (CEST)
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20010701193226.A682@nexus.shadowrun.not>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, Martin Maciaszek wrote:

> I'm running xfs on top of lvm without any problems so far. Now I
> want to remove one of the old drives and replace it with a new
> drive. As far as I understand it I need to move all PEs from the
> old drive to the other PVs and then shrink the fs to be able to
> remove the old drive from the LV.
> 
> Is there any chance to exchange the old drive without having to
> do a backup/restore? Is someone working on xfs_shrink? I don't
> need the drive to be replaced soon, but I can see it coming on
> the horizon :)

See FAQ.

Bye
Seth


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