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Kenneth: Created page with "== Shrink to make Backup Volume == <pre> lvcreate -V 1T --thin -n backup pve/data && \ mkdir -p /mnt/backup && \ mkfs.ext4 /dev/pve/backup cat <<EOF > /etc/systemd/system/mnt-backup.mount [Unit] Description=Thin-volume for Proxmox-Backup [Mount] What=/dev/pve/backup Where=/mnt/backup Type=ext4 Options=defaults [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF systemctl enable mnt-backup.mount && \ systemctl start mnt-backup.mount </pre> Ref: https://forum.proxmox.com/thread..."
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<p>Created page with "== Shrink to make Backup Volume == <pre> lvcreate -V 1T --thin -n backup pve/data && \ mkdir -p /mnt/backup && \ mkfs.ext4 /dev/pve/backup cat <<EOF > /etc/systemd/system/mnt-backup.mount [Unit] Description=Thin-volume for Proxmox-Backup [Mount] What=/dev/pve/backup Where=/mnt/backup Type=ext4 Options=defaults [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF systemctl enable mnt-backup.mount && \ systemctl start mnt-backup.mount </pre> Ref: https://forum.proxmox.com/thread..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Shrink to make Backup Volume ==<br />
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<pre><br />
lvcreate -V 1T --thin -n backup pve/data && \<br />
mkdir -p /mnt/backup && \<br />
mkfs.ext4 /dev/pve/backup<br />
<br />
cat <<EOF > /etc/systemd/system/mnt-backup.mount<br />
[Unit]<br />
Description=Thin-volume for Proxmox-Backup<br />
<br />
[Mount]<br />
What=/dev/pve/backup<br />
Where=/mnt/backup<br />
Type=ext4<br />
Options=defaults<br />
<br />
[Install]<br />
WantedBy=multi-user.target<br />
EOF<br />
<br />
systemctl enable mnt-backup.mount && \<br />
systemctl start mnt-backup.mount<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
Ref: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/shrinking-of-lvm-thin-possible-best-workaround.71217/</div>
Kenneth