From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pobox.fab.redhat.com (pobox.fab.redhat.com [10.33.63.12]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m6L9WAKx024926 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:32:11 -0400 Received: from [10.33.0.40] (breeves.fab.redhat.com [10.33.0.40]) by pobox.fab.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m6L9WAOb012025 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:32:10 -0400 Message-ID: <4884579A.6040008@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:32:10 +0100 From: "Bryn M. Reeves" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] lvconvert alloc policy References: In-Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: bmr@redhat.com, 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" To: LVM general discussion and development -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Levy Abinajm Melero Sant'Anna wrote: > root@atom:~# lvconvert -v -m 1 /dev/archvg/onhomelv /dev/sdb1 > Checking for existing volume group "archvg" > Archiving volume group "archvg" metadata (seqno 6). > Not enough PVs with free space available for parallel allocation. > Consider --alloc anywhere if desperate. Your archvg has two PVs. When you specify -m1 you create a two-sided mirror with an on-disk persistent log. The log requires a 3rd PV (although only a very small amount of space on it). Regards, Bryn. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIhFea6YSQoMYUY94RAmNmAKCddflcLpbj73atKR5sPVYa/1hhsgCfabzF W9F49OgeSLL+bmnRc44pavU= =XkjZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----