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[shrink home, extend root] #LVM
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  1. Shrink /home partition to 800GB, (system will force you to check filesystem for errors by running e2fsck)
e2fsck -f /dev/mapper/gisbox--vg-home
resize2fs /dev/mapper/gisbox--vg-home 800G
  1. Reduce the LVM to 800G
lvreduce -L 800G /dev/mapper/gisbox--vg-home
  1. Extend /root LVM to new size, utilizing 100% of free space on disk or +2GB
#lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/mapper/gisbox--vg-root
lvextend -L +72G /dev/mapper/gisbox--vg-root
  1. Grow /root partition to new LVM size
resize2fs /dev/mapper/gisbox--vg-root

Sources

https://pingtool.org/online-resize-lvm-partitions-shrink-home-extend-root/

https://www.linuxtechi.com/extend-lvm-partitions/

https://www.thegeekdiary.com/centos-rhel-how-to-shrink-lvm-root-file-system/

https://www.frakkingsweet.com/mounting-an-lvm-volume-in-debian-live-cd/

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