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NAME

       lvreduce — Reduce the size of a logical volume

SYNOPSIS

       lvreduce option_args position_args
           [ option_args ]

DESCRIPTION

       lvreduce reduces the size of an LV. The freed logical extents are returned to the VG to be
       used by other LVs. A copy-on-write snapshot LV can also be reduced if less space is needed
       to  hold  COW  blocks.  Use  lvconvert(8) to change the number of data images in a RAID or
       mirrored LV.

       Be careful when reducing an LV's size, because data in the reduced area  is  lost.  Ensure
       that  any  file  system  on  the LV is resized before running lvreduce so that the removed
       extents are not in use by the file system.

       Sizes will be rounded if necessary. For example, the LV size must be an  exact  number  of
       extents, and the size of a striped segment must be a multiple of the number of stripes.

       In  the  usage section below, --size Size can be replaced with --extents Number.  See both
       descriptions the options section.

USAGE

       lvreduce -L|--size [-]Size[m|UNIT] LV
           [ -l|--extents [-]Number[PERCENT] ]
           [ -A|--autobackup y|n ]
           [ -f|--force ]
           [ -n|--nofsck ]
           [ -r|--resizefs ]
           [    --noudevsync ]
           [    --reportformat basic|json|json_std ]
           [    --fs String ]
           [    --fsmode String ]
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]

       Common options for lvm:
           [ -d|--debug ]
           [ -h|--help ]
           [ -q|--quiet ]
           [ -t|--test ]
           [ -v|--verbose ]
           [ -y|--yes ]
           [    --commandprofile String ]
           [    --config String ]
           [    --devices PV ]
           [    --devicesfile String ]
           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
           [    --journal String ]
           [    --lockopt String ]
           [    --longhelp ]
           [    --nohints ]
           [    --nolocking ]
           [    --profile String ]
           [    --version ]

OPTIONS

       -A|--autobackup y|n
              Specifies if metadata should be backed up automatically after a  change.   Enabling
              this is strongly advised! See vgcfgbackup(8) for more information.

       --commandprofile String
              The  command  profile  to  use for command configuration.  See lvm.conf(5) for more
              information about profiles.

       --config String
              Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf(5) settings.   The  String
              arg  uses  the  same  format  as lvm.conf(5), or may use section/field syntax.  See
              lvm.conf(5) for more information about config.

       -d|--debug ...
              Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of  messages  sent
              to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).

       --devices PV
              Restricts  the devices that are visible and accessible to the command.  Devices not
              listed will appear to be missing. This option can be repeated, or accepts  a  comma
              separated list of devices. This overrides the devices file.

       --devicesfile String
              A   file   listing   devices   that  LVM  should  use.   The  file  must  exist  in
              /etc/lvm/devices/ and is managed with the lvmdevices(8)  command.   This  overrides
              the lvm.conf(5) devices/devicesfile and devices/use_devicesfile settings.

       --driverloaded y|n
              If  set  to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.  For testing and
              debugging.

       -l|--extents [-]Number[PERCENT]
              Specifies the new size of the LV in logical  extents.   The  --size  and  --extents
              options  are  alternate  methods  of specifying size.  The total number of physical
              extents used will be greater when redundant data is needed  for  RAID  levels.   An
              alternate syntax allows the size to be determined indirectly as a percentage of the
              size of a related VG, LV, or set of PVs. The suffix %VG denotes the total  size  of
              the  VG,  the  suffix %FREE the remaining free space in the VG, and the suffix %PVS
              the free space in the specified PVs.  For a snapshot, the size can be expressed  as
              a percentage of the total size of the origin LV with the suffix %ORIGIN (100%ORIGIN
              provides space for the whole origin).  When expressed as  a  percentage,  the  size
              defines an upper limit for the number of logical extents in the new LV. The precise
              number of logical extents in the new LV is not determined  until  the  command  has
              completed.  When the plus + or minus - prefix is used, the value is not an absolute
              size, but is relative and added or subtracted from the current size.

       -f|--force ...
              Override various checks, confirmations and protections.  Use with extreme caution.

       --fs String
              Control file system resizing when resizing an LV.  checksize: Check the fs size and
              reduce  the  LV if the fs is not using the reduced space (fs reduce is not needed.)
              If the reduced space is used by the fs, then do not resize the fs or LV, and return
              an  error.   (checksize  only  applies when reducing, and does nothing for extend.)
              resize: Resize the fs by calling the fs-specific resize  command.   This  may  also
              include  mounting,  unmounting,  or  running fsck. See --fsmode to control mounting
              behavior, and --nofsck to disable  fsck.   resize_fsadm:  Use  the  old  method  of
              calling  fsadm to handle the fs (deprecated.) Warning: this option does not prevent
              lvreduce from destroying file systems that are unmounted (or mounted if prompts are
              skipped.)   ignore:  Resize  the LV without checking for or handling a file system.
              Warning: using ignore when reducing the LV size may destroy the file system.

       --fsmode String
              Control file system mounting behavior for fs resize.  manage: Mount or unmount  the
              fs  as  needed to resize the fs, and attempt to restore the original mount state at
              the end.  nochange: Do not mount or unmount the fs. If mounting  or  unmounting  is
              required  to  resize  the  fs,  then  do  not  resize the fs or the LV and fail the
              command.  offline: Unmount the fs if it is mounted, and resize the fs while  it  is
              unmounted.  If  mounting is required to resize the fs, then do not resize the fs or
              the LV and fail the command.

       -h|--help
              Display help text.

       --journal String
              Record information in the systemd journal.  This  information  is  in  addition  to
              information   enabled   by  the  lvm.conf  log/journal  setting.   command:  record
              information about the command.  output: record the default command output.   debug:
              record full command debugging.

       --lockopt String
              Used  to  pass  options  for  special  cases to lvmlockd.  See lvmlockd(8) for more
              information.

       --longhelp
              Display long help text.

       -n|--nofsck
              Do not perform fsck when resizing the file system with --resizefs.

       --nohints
              Do not use the hints file to locate devices  for  PVs.  A  command  may  read  more
              devices  to  find  PVs  when  hints  are  not  used. The command will still perform
              standard hint file invalidation where appropriate.

       --nolocking
              Disable locking. Use  with  caution,  concurrent  commands  may  produce  incorrect
              results.

       --noudevsync
              Disables  udev  synchronization.  The  process  will not wait for notification from
              udev. It will  continue  irrespective  of  any  possible  udev  processing  in  the
              background.  Only  use  this  if  udev  is not running or has rules that ignore the
              devices LVM creates.

       --profile String
              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command.

       -q|--quiet ...
              Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose.  Repeat once  to
              also suppress any prompts with answer 'no'.

       --reportformat basic|json|json_std
              Overrides  current  output  format  for  reports  which  is defined globally by the
              report/output_format setting in lvm.conf(5).  basic is  the  original  format  with
              columns  and  rows.   If  there is more than one report per command, each report is
              prefixed with the report name for identification. json produces  report  output  in
              JSON format. json_std produces report output in JSON format which is more compliant
              with JSON standard.  See lvmreport(7) for more information.

       -r|--resizefs
              Resize the  fs  using  the  fs-specific  resize  command.   May  include  mounting,
              unmounting,  or  running  fsck.  See  --fsmode  to  control  mounting behavior, and
              --nofsck to disable fsck. See --fs for more options (--resizefs  is  equivalent  to
              --fs resize.)

       -L|--size [-]Size[m|UNIT]
              Specifies  the  new size of the LV.  The --size and --extents options are alternate
              methods of specifying size.  The total number of  physical  extents  used  will  be
              greater  when redundant data is needed for RAID levels.  When the plus + or minus -
              prefix is used, the value is not an absolute size, but is  relative  and  added  or
              subtracted from the current size.

       -t|--test
              Run  in  test  mode.  Commands  will  not  update metadata.  This is implemented by
              disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless returning success  to  the  calling
              function.  This  may  lead to unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a
              tool relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't.

       -v|--verbose ...
              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent
              to stdout and stderr.

       --version
              Display version information.

       -y|--yes
              Do  not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes. Use
              with extreme caution.  (For automatic no, see -qq.)

VARIABLES

       LV     Logical Volume name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.  An LV positional  arg  generally
              includes the VG name and LV name, e.g. VG/LV.

       String See the option description for information about the string content.

       Size[UNIT]
              Size  is  an  input  number  that accepts an optional unit.  Input units are always
              treated as base two values, regardless of capitalization, e.g.  'k'  and  'K'  both
              refer  to  1024.  The default input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.
              UNIT represents other possible input units: b|B is bytes, s|S  is  sectors  of  512
              bytes,  k|K  is  KiB,  m|M  is MiB, g|G is GiB, t|T is TiB, p|P is PiB, e|E is EiB.
              (This should not be confused with the output control --units, where capital letters
              mean multiple of 1000.)

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See  lvm(8)  for  information  about  environment  variables  used  by  lvm.  For example,
       LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG parameter.

EXAMPLES

       Reduce the size of an LV by 3 logical extents:
       lvreduce -l -3 vg00/lvol1

SEE ALSO

       lvm(8), lvm.conf(5), lvmconfig(8), lvmdevices(8),

       pvchange(8), pvck(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), pvmove(8), pvremove(8), pvresize(8),
       pvs(8), pvscan(8),

       vgcfgbackup(8), vgcfgrestore(8), vgchange(8), vgck(8), vgcreate(8), vgconvert(8),
       vgdisplay(8), vgexport(8), vgextend(8), vgimport(8), vgimportclone(8), vgimportdevices(8),
       vgmerge(8), vgmknodes(8), vgreduce(8), vgremove(8), vgrename(8), vgs(8), vgscan(8),
       vgsplit(8),

       lvcreate(8), lvchange(8), lvconvert(8), lvdisplay(8), lvextend(8), lvreduce(8),
       lvremove(8), lvrename(8), lvresize(8), lvs(8), lvscan(8),

       lvm-fullreport(8), lvm-lvpoll(8), blkdeactivate(8), lvmdump(8),

       dmeventd(8), lvmpolld(8), lvmlockd(8), lvmlockctl(8), cmirrord(8), lvmdbusd(8), fsadm(8),

       lvmsystemid(7), lvmreport(7), lvmcache(7), lvmraid(7), lvmthin(7), lvmvdo(7),
       lvmautoactivation(7)