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From: Paul Warren <pdw@ex-parrot.com>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Re: [OxLUG] LVM2 problems
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 22:18:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041015221807.C27758@sphinx.mythic-beasts.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041015210917.GD24242@agk.surrey.redhat.com>; from agk@redhat.com on Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 10:09:17PM +0100

On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 10:09:17PM +0100, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 09:50:49PM +0100, Paul Warren wrote:
> > ./lvm vgconvert -M1 -d -v mainvg
> >   Metadata would overwrite physical extents
> >   /dev/sda2: Format-specific setup of physical volume failed.
>  
> LVM1 needs more space for its metadata than LVM2 - this is saying
> it doesn't think the LVM1 metadata will fit into the available space.

Is there any way around this?  Would growing the partition help?

The machines in question are co-located, so whilst it may be possible to
dd data off, recreate the VG and then copy it back from within an
initrd, it's not my idea of good sport, I have to say :-)

cheers,

Paul

  reply	other threads:[~2004-10-15 21:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20041015192848.O30562@sphinx.mythic-beasts.com>
2004-10-15 18:54 ` [linux-lvm] Re: [OxLUG] LVM2 problems Alasdair G Kergon
2004-10-15 19:18   ` Paul Warren
2004-10-15 20:50     ` Paul Warren
2004-10-15 21:09       ` Alasdair G Kergon
2004-10-15 21:18         ` Paul Warren [this message]
2004-10-15 21:49           ` Alasdair G Kergon
2004-10-18  0:43     ` Jon Masters
2004-10-15 22:57 Kai Leibrandt

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