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Re: xfs_shrink?

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Subject: Re: xfs_shrink?
From: Andrew Klaassen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 10:13:54 -0400
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On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 07:32:26PM +0200, 
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 :)

Can you add another drive before you take the old one out?

Andrew Klaassen


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