can I resize ext3 and reiserfs online in SLES 10?

[nauxe]

Hi,

My questions is:

Can I resize ext3 and/or reiserfs ONLINE in SLES 10?

Thank you!

[kahoona]

Supposedly the answer to this question is only with SP2, however, I can only do increases through yast.

Using "lvextend" works but then "resize2fs" won't work from the command line. It says the filesystem is still mounted. Perhaps there is another command that I haven't found out about yet that will allow for online resizing from the command line.

If you try and decrease the size of a filesystem through yast, it doesn't like that and says that your filesystem is still mounted.

If this is working as planned, it was kind of crappy for Novell to say that SP2 supports "online resizing of ext3 partitions" when it is only increases through yast.


From: SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 Release

Systems Management. SLES 10 SP2 includes updates to the YaST management toolset, including first-boot enhancements and support for the Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) protocol. It also includes updates to the YaST2 network and storage modules to support new bridge devices, FICON devices for mainframes, and VLANs, as well as support the online resizing of ext3 partitions.