From: Jacques Gelinas (jack_at_solucorp.qc.ca)
Date: Tue 03 Sep 2002 - 23:52:28 BST
> I compiled my kernel with lvm, ext3 and reiserfs (and so on...) and when
> I have to install a new vserver, I create a new logical volume with a
> reiserfs filesystem. Reiserfs and lvm allow me to limit the disk usage
> and to resize the logical volume while I'm working on it. But I've never
> tried to resize it when the attached vserver was up...
>
> Is it possible to do such a thing whitout to crash the vserver? I don't
> know how the kernel manage the dedicaced-to-vserver disk space because
> of the pseudo fstab.
vservers are just a bunch of processes tagged with a common security ID.
filesystem wise, they are just processes. The pseudo fstab (and corresponding
mtab) are there just to please `df`. They do not have operational role (filesystem
wise).
So resizing should work as usual.
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Jacques Gelinas <jack_at_solucorp.qc.ca>
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