From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l9V7jxdL030510 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:45:59 -0400 Received: from luther.localdomain (eshfire.ESH.Uni-Linz.AC.AT [193.171.36.5]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l9V7jq0l030519 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:45:52 -0400 Received: from [193.171.36.121] (eshfire.ESH.Uni-Linz.AC.AT [193.171.36.5]) by luther.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DD69137F1 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:59:11 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <472832A8.60201@esh.jku.at> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:45:44 +0100 From: Christian MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM2 Problem Can t resize locked LV lv References: <47277994.3020803@esh.jku.at> In-Reply-To: <47277994.3020803@esh.jku.at> 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 Let me extend my previously posted message, as I mixed up some error messages: here are the correct ones: # lvreduce -L -150G /dev/vg/lv Can't resize locked LV lv # pvmove /dev/hdb1 /dev/hdf1 Skipping locked LV lv No data to move for vg Anyways I am still looking for an answer what "locked" means and how I unlock the logical volume. I am using gentoo with kernel 2.6.17-gentoo-r8. Once again, thank you for your help in advance Cheers Christian Christian wrote: > Hi, > > I am using LVM2 for some time now and haven't had any troubles. > But this week one of the hard disks, the one I added approx. one month > ago, started to report read/write errors. > I bought a new one and followed the steps of an LVM how-to found on > this website > (http://charlesnadeau.blogspot.com/2006/10/howto-replaceupgrade-disk-part-of-lvm2_04.html). > > > The first steps worked fine. Even shrinking the reiser file system was > no problem. > But when I tried to pvmove /dev/hdb1 /dev/hdf1, I am getting the error > message: Can't resize locked LV lv. > > As there is no available information about what this error message > actually means nor how to resolve it, I hope someone on this list > might be able to help me. > > Thank you very much in advance. > > Cheers Christian > > PS: this is my current configuration. where hdb1 is the failing hdd, > and hdf1 the new one. > > vgdisplay -v > Finding all volume groups > Finding volume group "vg" > --- Volume group --- > VG Name vg > System ID > Format lvm2 > Metadata Areas 6 > Metadata Sequence No 10 > VG Access read/write > VG Status resizable > MAX LV 0 > Cur LV 1 > Open LV 0 > Max PV 0 > Cur PV 6 > Act PV 6 > VG Size 1.37 TB > PE Size 4.00 MB > Total PE 359489 > Alloc PE / Size 264102 / 1.01 TB > Free PE / Size 95387 / 372.61 GB > VG UUID bf1tJ5-X79X-Uy02-iilF-XEM8-u2GK-6lFhQZ > > --- Logical volume --- > LV Name /dev/vg/lv > VG Name vg > LV UUID oyJf6j-xKtk-qtQv-LLE3-wy4I-9qC3-9VLPr0 > LV Write Access read/write > LV Status available > # open 0 > LV Size 1.01 TB > Current LE 264102 > Segments 5 > Allocation inherit > Read ahead sectors 0 > Block device 253:0 > > --- Physical volumes --- > PV Name /dev/hda3 > PV UUID IKxWRX-hzHO-fra9-vm8O-JyVp-FyM8-trMXlw > PV Status allocatable > Total PE / Free PE 25632 / 0 > > PV Name /dev/hde1 > PV UUID wM0a1a-mT0y-2M2s-9CVH-1CYJ-sNGV-sdjrkJ > PV Status allocatable > Total PE / Free PE 47694 / 0 > > PV Name /dev/hdg1 > PV UUID oeAOVW-D4qq-24QO-PiH0-WyYh-y8lP-rqL3r9 > PV Status allocatable > Total PE / Free PE 76310 / 0 > > PV Name /dev/hdh1 > PV UUID o58ymK-u6zC-J63r-w98A-cPPw-JcMN-FXWQUi > PV Status allocatable > Total PE / Free PE 76310 / 0 > > PV Name /dev/hdb1 > PV UUID uLgbrb-aNFy-8nsE-X7Aa-q0mp-n8AY-46FqSc > PV Status allocatable > Total PE / Free PE 38156 / 0 > > PV Name /dev/hdf1 > PV UUID uKsPbR-CNjT-IWTr-edSp-VmrO-CgtL-rxm0M2 > PV Status allocatable > Total PE / Free PE 95387 / 95387 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > >