I’m creating a new volume group with 3 10GB disks

root@linux:~ # pvcreate /dev/sdc
Physical volume “/dev/sdc” successfully created
root@linux:~ # pvcreate /dev/sdd
Physical volume “/dev/sdd” successfully created
root@linux:~ # pvcreate /dev/sde
Physical volume “/dev/sde” successfully created

root@linux:~ # vgcreate appvg /dev/sdc /dev/sdd /dev/sde
Volume group “appvg” successfully created

root@linux:~ # vgs appvg
VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree
appvg 3 0 0 wz–n- 29.99g 29.99g

Creating a new 25GB logical volume

root@linux:~ # lvcreate -L 25g -n applv appvg
Logical volume “applv” created.

Creating a filesystem

root@linux:~ # mkfs -t ext4 /dev/appvg/applv
mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
1638400 inodes, 6553600 blocks
327680 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296
200 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000

Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 37 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.

Mounting the filesystem

root@linux:~ # mkdir /app

root@linux:~ # mount /dev/appvg/applv /app

root@linux:~ # df -hP /app
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/appvg-applv 25G 44M 24G 1% /app

I will remove the disk /dev/sde from the volume group. 25GB logical volume will shrink to 20GB.

Checking which disks the logical volume is using

root@linux:~ # lvdisplay -m /dev/mapper/appvg-applv
— Logical volume —
LV Path /dev/appvg/applv
LV Name applv
VG Name appvg
LV UUID 9tofzm-1zBU-DfbM-nmws-lqj7-QULb-U4Reqh
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time centos6.setaoffice.com, 2017-06-29 16:53:18 -0300
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 25.00 GiB
Current LE 6400
Segments 3
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
– currently set to 256
Block device 253:6

— Segments —
Logical extents 0 to 2558:
Type linear
Physical volume /dev/sdc
Physical extents 0 to 2558

Logical extents 2559 to 5117:
Type linear
Physical volume /dev/sdd
Physical extents 0 to 2558

Logical extents 5118 to 6399:
Type linear
Physical volume /dev/sde
Physical extents 0 to 1281

Checking Total PE to calculate logical volume

root@linux:~ # pvdisplay /dev/sdc
— Physical volume —
PV Name /dev/sdc
VG Name appvg
PV Size 10.00 GiB / not usable 4.00 MiB
Allocatable yes (but full)
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 2559
Free PE 0
Allocated PE 2559
PV UUID ZnR27c-LPaE-0ZQa-t0Hc-yWLf-v06d-et7fb5

root@linux:~ # pvdisplay /dev/sdd
— Physical volume —
PV Name /dev/sdd
VG Name appvg
PV Size 10.00 GiB / not usable 4.00 MiB
Allocatable yes (but full)
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 2559
Free PE 0
Allocated PE 2559
PV UUID OZY6w8-fUq6-wbPE-ILcr-LwOP-AeaS-j2qd9E

Resizing logical volume

root@linux:~ # lvresize -l 5118 -r /dev/appvg/applv
fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2
/dev/mapper/appvg-applv: 11/1638400 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 146849/6553600 blocks
resize2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Resizing the filesystem on /dev/mapper/appvg-applv to 5240832 (4k) blocks.
The filesystem on /dev/mapper/appvg-applv is now 5240832 blocks long.

Size of logical volume appvg/applv changed from 25.00 GiB (6400 extents) to 19.99 GiB (5118 extents).
Logical volume applv successfully resized.

Checking which disks the logical volume is using

root@linux:~ # lvdisplay -m /dev/mapper/appvg-applv
— Logical volume —
LV Path /dev/appvg/applv
LV Name applv
VG Name appvg
LV UUID 9tofzm-1zBU-DfbM-nmws-lqj7-QULb-U4Reqh
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time centos6.setaoffice.com, 2017-06-29 16:53:18 -0300
LV Status available
# open 0
LV Size 19.99 GiB
Current LE 5118
Segments 2
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
– currently set to 256
Block device 253:6

— Segments —
Logical extents 0 to 2558:
Type linear
Physical volume /dev/sdc
Physical extents 0 to 2558

Logical extents 2559 to 5117:
Type linear
Physical volume /dev/sdd
Physical extents 0 to 2558

Removing disk from volume group and label from physical volume

root@linux:~ # vgreduce appvg /dev/sde
Removed “/dev/sde” from volume group “appvg”

root@linux:~ # pvremove /dev/sde
Labels on physical volume “/dev/sde” successfully wiped