On an Oracle Exadata Database Machine, the ‘/’ (root) is defaulted to a size of 30Gb, which can easily fill up.  Luckily this is just a Logical Volume and there’s normally lots of space available on the Logical Volume Group which is usually untapped.

Extending ‘/’

Identify how much space is used and free on ‘/’ using df:

[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]# df -h /
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VGExaDb-LVDbSys1
                       30G   22G  6.2G  79% /
[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]#

Display the current logical volume configuration using the lvs command:

[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]# lvs -o lv_name,lv_path,vg_name,lv_size
  LV                 Path                            VG      LSize
  LVDbOra1           /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbOra1           VGExaDb 200.00g
  LVDbSwap1          /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSwap1          VGExaDb  24.00g
  LVDbSys1           /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys1           VGExaDb  30.00g
  LVDbSys2           /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys2           VGExaDb  30.00g
  LVDoNotRemoveOrUse /dev/VGExaDb/LVDoNotRemoveOrUse VGExaDb   1.00g
[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]#

PLEASE NOTE: On Exadata there are 2 SYS volumes, of which one is active and the other inactive.  These are used when patching the compute node, as one is a backup of the current and is used for rollback purposes.

Check the online resize option is available using the tune2fs command:

[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]# tune2fs -l /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys1 | grep resize_inode
Filesystem features:      has_journal ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype needs_recovery extent flex_bg sparse_super large_file huge_file uninit_bg dir_nlink extra_isize
[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]# tune2fs -l /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys2 | grep resize_inode
Filesystem features:      has_journal ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype needs_recovery extent flex_bg sparse_super large_file huge_file uninit_bg dir_nlink extra_isize
[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]#

If not available then the file system needs to be unmounted before resizing.  Refer to documentation:

Extending the root LVM Partition on Systems Running Oracle Exadata System Software Earlier than Release 11.2.3.2.1

Verify there’s space available in the Logical Volume Group using vgdisplay command:

[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]# vgdisplay -s
  "VGExaDb" 1.63 TiB  [285.00 GiB used / 1.36 TiB free]
[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]#

Finally if there’s enough space, then extend the Logical Volumes using lvextend command:

[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]# lvextend -L +70G /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys1
  Size of logical volume VGExaDb/LVDbSys1 changed from 30.00 GiB (7680 extents) to 100.00 GiB (25600 extents).
  Logical volume LVDbSys1 successfully resized.
[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]#
[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]# lvextend -L +70G /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys2
  Size of logical volume VGExaDb/LVDbSys2 changed from 30.00 GiB (7680 extents) to 100.00 GiB (25600 extents).
  Logical volume LVDbSys2 successfully resized.
[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]#

Followed by a resize of the file system using resize2fs command:

[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]# resize2fs /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys1
resize2fs 1.43-WIP (20-Jun-2013)
Filesystem at /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys1 is mounted on /; on-line resizing required
old_desc_blocks = 2, new_desc_blocks = 7
Performing an on-line resize of /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys1 to 26214400 (4k) blocks.
The filesystem on /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys1 is now 26214400 blocks long.
[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]#

The inactive SYS volume may give you errors as shown below:

[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]# resize2fs /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys2
resize2fs 1.43-WIP (20-Jun-2013)
Please run 'e2fsck -f /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys2' first.
[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]#

In which case, you just need to run the command to check the file system for error that may have occurred with journal-ling after unclear shutdown:

[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]# e2fsck -f /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys2
e2fsck 1.43-WIP (20-Jun-2013)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys2: 111629/1966080 files (0.1% non-contiguous), 5031185/7864320 blocks
[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]#

Now re-run the resize of the file system using resize2fs command:

[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]# resize2fs /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys2
resize2fs 1.43-WIP (20-Jun-2013)
Resizing the filesystem on /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys2 to 26214400 (4k) blocks.
The filesystem on /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys2 is now 26214400 blocks long.
[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]#

You should now see ‘/’ with additional 70Gb less formatting:

[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]# df -h /
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VGExaDb-LVDbSys1
                       99G   22G   72G  24% /
[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]#

Also see the Logical Volumes are now 100Gb from 30Gb:

[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]# lvs -o lv_name,lv_path,vg_name,lv_size
  LV                 Path                            VG      LSize
  LVDbOra1           /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbOra1           VGExaDb 200.00g
  LVDbSwap1          /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSwap1          VGExaDb  24.00g
  LVDbSys1           /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys1           VGExaDb 100.00g
  LVDbSys2           /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys2           VGExaDb 100.00g
  LVDoNotRemoveOrUse /dev/VGExaDb/LVDoNotRemoveOrUse VGExaDb   1.00g
[root@v1ex1dbadm01 ~]#

Documentation for reference:
Extending the root LVM Partition on Systems Running Oracle Exadata System Software Release 11.2.3.2.1 or Later

Related Post:
Extending a Non-root LVM Partition on Exadata

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