From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 11:24:23 +0200 From: "Heinz J. Mauelshagen" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Problem extending a LV Message-ID: <20010530112423.B30938@sistina.com> References: <20010529120104.C29771@sistina.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: ; from austin@coremetrics.com on Tue, May 29, 2001 at 01:35:07PM -0500 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: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 01:35:07PM -0500, Austin Gonyou wrote: > Are there plans to have this functionality? Yes, as mentioned in my other related mail. > As in, I have a 2 disk striped > set, and now I'm running out of space, so I add a third pv, and now I want > to restripe and extend onto the third disk? I ask because Veritas has this > ability, and it could be a deal breaker for some choosing which to use. All right, that's one reason why we want to have it. A post 1.0 feature though :-( Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > -- > Austin Gonyou > Systems Architect, CCNA > Coremetrics, Inc. > Phone: 512-796-9023 > email: austin@coremetrics.com > > On Tue, 29 May 2001, AJ Lewis wrote: > > > 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" > > > > > > 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, > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-