enlarge-proxmox-root-partition.sh

# Copied from http://ttaportal.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/7-Reallocation-using-LVM.pdf

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## Showing the problem: need to reallocate 32GB from /dev/mapper/pve-data to /dev/mapper/pve-root
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df -h
#    Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
#    /dev/mapper/pve-root 37G 37G 0 100% /
#    tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /lib/init/rw
#    udev 10M 548K 9.5M 6% /dev
#    tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0 /dev/shm
#    /dev/mapper/pve-data 102G 19G 84G 19% /var/lib/vz
#    /dev/sda1 504M 31M 448M 7% /boot


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## shrinking /dev/mapper/pve-data
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# unmount the file system from mount point /var/lib/vz
umount /var/lib/vz

# To check the file system
e2fsck -f /dev/mapper/pve-data 
#    e2fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
#    Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
#    Pass 2: Checking directory structure
#    Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
#    Pass 4: Checking reference counts
#    Pass 5: Checking group summary information
#    /dev/mapper/pve-data: 20/4587520 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 333981/18350080 blocks

# shrink the file system from 102G to 70G
resize2fs /dev/mapper/pve-data 70G
#   Resizing the filesystem on /dev/mapper/pve-data to 18350080 (4k) blocks
#   The filesystem on /dev/mapper/pve-data is now 18350080 blocks long

# reduce the logical volume /dev/mapper/pve-data with 32GB (102 – 32 = 70 GB)
lvreduce -L-32G /dev/mapper/pve-data 

# remount the file system mounted on /var/lib/vz
mount /var/lib/vz



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## extend /dev/mapper/pve-root
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# extend the logical volume to fill 100% of the free space
lvextend -l +100% FREE /dev/mapper/pve-root

# expand the filesystem (by default performs on-line resizing!!!)
resize2fs /dev/mapper/pve-root


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## checking the output
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df -h
#    Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
#    /dev/mapper/pve-root 73G 31G 39G 45% /
#    tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /lib/init/rw
#    udev 10M 548K 9.5M 6% /dev
#    tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /dev/shm
#    /dev/sda1 504M 31M 448M 7% /boot
#    /dev/mapper/pve-data 69G 404M 69G 1% /var/lib/vz

For version 5.3-5

• check size
  • lvs
• remove
  • lvremove /dev/pve/data
  • lvremove /dev/pve/swap
• resize
  • lvresize -l +100%FREE /dev/pve/root
  • resize2fs /dev/mapper/pve-root

This doesn't seem to work with Proxmox v6.

When I run df -h I have no /dev/mapper/pve-data mounted to /var/lib/vz, so umount /var/lib/vz fails because nothing is mounted.

# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev                  8.8G     0  8.8G   0% /dev
tmpfs                 1.8G   11M  1.8G   1% /run
/dev/mapper/pve-root   94G   68G   22G  76% /
tmpfs                 8.9G   43M  8.8G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                 5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs                 8.9G     0  8.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sdf1             7.3T  4.2T  3.0T  59% /drives/media
/dev/fuse              30M   20K   30M   1% /etc/pve
tmpfs                 1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /run/user/1000

And then when I try to run the e2fsck command I get:

# e2fsck -f /dev/mapper/pve-data
e2fsck 1.44.5 (15-Dec-2018)
ext2fs_open2: Bad magic number in super-block
e2fsck: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/mapper/pve-data

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
    e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
 or
    e2fsck -b 32768 <device>

I didn't run any of the other commands because I didn't want to mess anything up.

I need to have all the virtual machines off before do this right?

@chetcuti Experiencing the same issue on 6.0 upgraded to 6.1. Did you ever find the solution to this?

@brandinarsenault, it turns out that it was actually an issue with how I setup my containers and VMs. I used Proxmox's storage defaults when I first set everything up, and apparently that's what ended up giving me the above issue. This thread should give you everything you need, provided it's actually the same issue I was having.