From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id i2NLITj23470 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:18:29 -0500 Received: from solwarra.gbrmpa.gov.au (solwarra.gbrmpa.gov.au [146.116.1.5]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i2NLIQWA020878 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:18:28 -0500 Received: from gbrmpa.gov.au (pandemonium.gbrmpa.gov.au [146.116.2.0]) by solwarra.gbrmpa.gov.au (8.11.6+Sun/8.10.2) with ESMTP id i2NLDtf27600 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 07:13:55 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4060A99A.7090604@gbrmpa.gov.au> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 07:18:18 +1000 From: Glen Harris MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] How do I pvresize? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development No, I used the raw device sda. I didn't bother partitioning it, as I knew I could expand the raid, and grow the PV just like I did back with LVM-1. glen. Chris Laycock wrote: > > Glen, > > If you do a pvscan do you get 'PV "/dev/sda1" etc' or 'PV "/dev/sda" > etc' > If you get the former could you not create /dev/sda2 with the extra > 250GB and add that to the LV as a separate PV > I'm assuming that you can have different partitions on the same array > (actual disk) defined as separate PVs > I may be completely off track here, please feel free to correct..... > > Regards, > > Chris. > > ------------------- > Chris Laycock > IT Specialist > IBM Global Services (IDO) > > LITS, Stevenage > Mail point: K3 STEV UK > Email: LaycockC@uk.ibm.com > Tel : (01438) 76-9460 (internal: 44-9460) > > Please respond to LVM general discussion and development > > > Sent by: linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com > > To: LVM general discussion and development > cc: > Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] How do I pvresize? > > > I have already expanded the RAID slice by 250Gb, and now have a > /dev/sda which is 250Gb larger than it was before. > > I now cannot remove that disk without either rebuilding the RAID > on the hot spare(back to square one) or destroying the RAID. > > Please, can someone help me? > > David Mohr wrote: > > I'm pretty new to LVM, so take my comment with a grain of salt. > > > > Why do you need to resize the PV at all? If you need more space, create > > a new PV and add it to the LV, that should do the trick. > > > > ~David > > > > On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 15:01, Glen Harris wrote: > > > >>We started running out of space on our backup server, so I bought a > >>couple of new 250Gb disks, added them to the 16 bay FC RAID array > >>and expanded the RAID, followed by the slice. > >> > >>I then went to expand the PV, and got a "Command not implemented yet." > >>message. > >> > >>This is a problem. This is a *BIG* problem. > >> > >>What are my options, short of destroying the volume and starting > >>from scratch? > >>_______________________________________________ > >>linux-lvm mailing list > >>linux-lvm@redhat.com > >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > >>read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-lvm mailing list > > linux-lvm@redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/