Topic: xfs

• Growing an LVM logical volume and its filesystem online without unmounting

  lvextend -r resizes a logical volume and its filesystem in one step while it stays mounted, calling xfs_growfs or resize2fs as appropriate. XFS filesystems can only ever grow, never shrink; this methodology covers the online-growth path for both.

  methodology · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

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