---
name: "xen-resize-guest"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "xen-tools"
version: "4.9.2-1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xen-resize-guest"
---

# xen-resize-guest(8)

Resize a loopback or LVM based xen guest.

## NAME

xen-resize-guest - Resize a loopback or LVM based xen guest.

## SYNOPSIS

```
  xen-resize-guest [options]
  Help Options:
   --help     Show help information.
   --manual   Read the manual for this script.
   --version  Show the version information and exit.
   --verbose  Show diagnostic output.
  General Options:
   --add      Specify the amount of space to add, e.g. --add=1gb
   --dir      Specify the path to the loopback image root.
   --force    Force the resize to happen without a last-chance delay.
   --hostname Specify the hostname of the guest to resize.
```

## OPTIONS

- **--add** Specify the amount of storage to add to the primary disk.

  - **--dir** Specify the directory where the loopback files are based.

  - **--force** Don't pause for 10 seconds prior to commencing.

  - **--help** Show help information.

  - **--hostname** Specify the hostname to delete.

  - **--lvm** Specify the volume group to use.

  - **--manual** Read the manual for this script.

  - **--version** Show the version number and exit.

  ## DESCRIPTION

```
  This tool will ease the resizing of Xen guests, whether they are based
 upon loopback files or LVM partitions.
  Whilst the process of resizing a guest is pretty simple it can be fiddly
 to do the steps correctly in the right order:
```

1\.  Shutdown the guest. 2.  Unmount the volume, if it is mounted. 3.  Add to the space. 4.  Check the filesystem. 5.  Resize the filesystem. 6.  Restart the guest.

```
  More than once I've heard of users making mistakes and breaking their
 filesystems; hence this tool.
```

## AUTHORS

```
 Steve Kemp, https://steve.fi/
 Axel Beckert, https://axel.beckert.ch/
```

## LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2005-2009 by Steve Kemp, (c) 2010 by The Xen-Tools Development Team. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The LICENSE file contains the full text of the license.