From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas Antony
>
> >> Is it possible that i log into the server with ssh and
> umount only /var and
> >> then resize the logical volume?
> >
> > Yes, but you'll have to stop a lot of daemons and other
> processes that
> > run with files opened in /var.
> >
> > You can find the processes accessing /var with lsof or fuser:
> > # fuser -mv /var
> > # lsof /var
>
>
> I stopped all services except sshd and fuser and lsof doesn't show me
> any files, but i still can't unmount /var :-(
>
> # umount /var
> umount: /var: device is busy
> umount: /var: device is busy
>
> Ayn ideas?
/var is required for multi-user mode.
Try bringing the system to single-user mode 'init 1' and then try it.
-Ross
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