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For ext filesystems, shrink the filesystem before shrinking the LV.

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Section: LVM Growth and Snapshots

Shrink an ext filesystem before LV reduction

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sudo resize2fs /dev/vgdata/lvdata 45G
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For ext filesystems, shrink the filesystem before shrinking the LV.

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