[Question] Resizing Proxmox local / local-lvm? (lemmy.ml)

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I'm dangerously close to running out of space for my VMs on local-lvm, but noticed I have a lot of free space in my local storage where I only have a dozen ISOs stored.

Can anybody help me figure out how I'd go about shrinking the local storage so I can extend my local-lvm?

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[-] brownmustardminion@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

It’s really that much of a hassle to fiddle with the volume sizes?

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Its definitely more of a hassle than adding another storage pool or creating a directory in local-lvm.

[-] brownmustardminion@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

You suggested just adding the ISOs to local-lvm. Do you think it would be feasible to simply delete the local storage completely and then extend the local-lvm after, storing the ISOs there? I know extending volumes is much simpler than shrinking. And I imagine deleting completely is also easier than shrinking?

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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https://old.reddit.com/comments/vj6u54/comment/idhfltv?context=3

From the comment:

This is how I do it:

boot into gparted (make bootable usb https://gparted.org/liveusb.php)

open terminal

run lvdisplay to check the proxmox root and data lv name and path
sudo lvdisplay

resize the root lv (choose size, no curly brackets)
sudo lvreduce --resizefs -L {size}G /dev/pve/root

resize the data lv to use all available space
sudo lvresize -l +100%FREE /dev/pve/data

reboot into proxmox
pray

I do not suggest doing this. Just add another disk.

also: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/can-i-remove-local-and-local-lvm.122850/#post-534378

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