Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:52:19 -0800 From: Jim Pazarena <fquest@paz.bz> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: expand UFS partition Message-ID: <6f8c7df4-2665-4794-9fd2-81e47128232d@paz.bz>
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I have a UFS which is near full, and I know there is spare/un-allocated
space on the hard drive.
I can not back it up first , as it is both huge and very busy.
Are there any tools within FreeBSD to (a) examine if expanding this UFS
is possible, and (b) expand it reliably ?
I have gparted, and could run it. Which would involve bringing down the
server for that duration.
All fine & dandy... but can I trust gparted to not wreck this task ?
A back up first would take the server down for several hours. I cannot
take it down for that long.
Now, if I wreck the drive, hind-set would have kicked me square in the butt.
I suppose that I could test the reliability of this task on a spare
server. And likely will.
Unless, that is, FreeBSD has a built in ability.
Also... old FBSD .. 11.0 p1 ! ouch
Thanks !
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Jim Pazarenafquest@paz.bz
Haida Gwaii - British Columbia - Canada
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I have a UFS which is near full, and I know there is
spare/un-allocated space on the hard drive.<br>
I can not back it up first , as it is both huge and very busy.<br>
Are there any tools within FreeBSD to (a) examine if expanding this
UFS is possible, and (b) expand it reliably ?<br>
<br>
I have gparted, and could run it. Which would involve bringing down
the server for that duration.<br>
All fine & dandy... but can I trust gparted to not wreck this
task ?<br>
<br>
A back up first would take the server down for several hours. I
cannot take it down for that long.<br>
Now, if I wreck the drive, hind-set would have kicked me square in
the butt.<br>
<br>
I suppose that I could test the reliability of this task on a spare
server. And likely will.<br>
Unless, that is, FreeBSD has a built in ability.<br>
<br>
Also... old FBSD .. 11.0 p1 ! ouch<br>
Thanks !<br>
<br>
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Jim Pazarena <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fquest@paz.bz">fquest@paz.bz</a>
Haida Gwaii - British Columbia - Canada</pre>
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