From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 12:01:04 -0500 From: AJ Lewis Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Problem extending a LV Message-ID: <20010529120104.C29771@sistina.com> References: <3B136D02.2B4C5178@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gr/z0/N6AeWAPJVB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3B136D02.2B4C5178@gmx.de>; from cabalzer@gmx.de on Tue, May 29, 2001 at 11:33:54AM +0200 Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: To: linux-lvm@sistina.com --gr/z0/N6AeWAPJVB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 11:33:54AM +0200, Carsten Balzer wrote: > If I try to extend the LV with: > lvextend -L+78164M /dev/NVolGroup/nVol > then I get: > lvextend -- rounding size 240119808 KB to stripe boundary size 240123904 > KB > lvextend -- only 19541 free physical extents in volume group "NVolGroup" >=20 > Next try with: lvextend -l+19541 /dev/NVolGroup/nVol > lvextend -- rounding size 240119808 KB to stripe boundary size 240123904 > KB > lvextend -- only 19541 free physical extents in volume group "NVolGroup" You cannot currently extend a striped LV onto a new disk. It would involve completely rearranging the data to account for the new striping configuration. The reason you get the error is because the tools know this and are trying to extend on the two original PVs. If you want to have the ability to extend the LV onto new disks, you must use linear LVs. Regards, --=20 AJ Lewis Sistina Software Inc. Voice: 612-638-0500 1313 5th St SE, Suite 111 Fax: 612-638-0500 Minneapolis, MN 55414 E-Mail: lewis@sistina.com http://www.sistina.com Current GPG fingerprint =3D 3B5F 6011 5216 76A5 2F6B 52A0 941E 1261 0029 2= 648 Get my key at: http://www.sistina.com/~lewis/gpgkey (Unfortunately, the PKS-type keyservers do not work with multiple sub-keys) -----Begin Obligatory Humorous Quote---------------------------------------- A bad random number generator: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4.33e+67, 1, 1, 1... -----End Obligatory Humorous Quote------------------------------------------ --gr/z0/N6AeWAPJVB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7E9XQpE6/iGtdjLERAgYYAJ9o3PfQbKQNXkAMXUWQuX5g5uOCQACfa49D G4wtYpnrjwSF0O/UI+vv19Q= =YuSL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gr/z0/N6AeWAPJVB--