Linux tips & tricks | Linux for sysadmins -- creating and expanding swap partitions with LVM

Linux tips & tricks | Linux for sysadmins -- creating and expanding swap partitions with LVM

LVM is a great tool that every sysadmin and many home users should be familiar with. It let's you remove the hard connection between volumes and partitions on your storage devices, enabling you to grow, shrink, move, and span your partitions across multiple physical devices and partitions.
Using it under your swap partition allows you to grow your swap size down the road should your swap needs grow.

Note that OpenSUSE users can, and should, perform these functions using the YaST2 administration tool's partition manager function ("Partitioner").
https://www.2daygeek.com/how-to-create-extend-swap-partition-in-linux-using-lvm/