How to shrink an LVM Logical Volume

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Issue

  • How Do I Shrink A LVM Logical Volume?
  • I have a 100Gb LVM logical volume. I need another logical volume that is 20Gb. How do I do this?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7

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