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On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 08:44:38PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Tuesday 13 January 2009 20:31:33 John J. Foster wrote: |
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> > In trying to extend a volume I get the following error: |
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> > |
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> > mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -L400G /dev/vg00/data |
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> > Finding volume group vg00 |
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> > Archiving volume group "vg00" metadata (seqno 22). |
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> > Extending logical volume data to 400.00 GB |
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> > Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/vg00" (seqno 23). |
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> > Found volume group "vg00" |
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> > Found volume group "vg00" |
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> > Loading vg00-data table |
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> > device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument |
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> > Failed to suspend data |
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> > |
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> > The following show in /var/log/messages: |
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> > |
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> > Jan 13 11:23:30 mockingbird device-mapper: table: device 8:5 too small |
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> > for target |
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> |
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> You are trying to create an lv that is bigger than the maximum |
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> Despite the fact that pvdisplay says you have 415GB unallocated space, you |
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> cannot make a 400G volume as lvm wants more than 15G for metadata. Looking at |
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> the existing usage, it is using around 5% for this. |
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> |
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> Try using the -l option to lvextend and specifying a number of extents instead |
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> of space usage. |
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> |
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Thanks Alan, but that didn't do the trick. Even if I try to only make it |
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200GB, same problem. |
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mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -l100000 /dev/vg00/data |
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Finding volume group vg00 |
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Archiving volume group "vg00" metadata (seqno 22). |
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Extending logical volume data to 390.62 GB |
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Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/vg00" (seqno 23). |
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Found volume group "vg00" |
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Found volume group "vg00" |
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Loading vg00-data table |
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device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument |
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Failed to suspend data |
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mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -L200G /dev/vg00/data |
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Finding volume group vg00 |
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Archiving volume group "vg00" metadata (seqno 22). |
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Extending logical volume data to 200.00 GB |
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Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/vg00" (seqno 23). |
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Found volume group "vg00" |
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Found volume group "vg00" |
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Loading vg00-data table |
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device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument |
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Failed to suspend data |
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