From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from glen-mhor.englab.brq.redhat.com (glen-mhor.englab.brq.redhat.com [10.34.32.149]) by int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8MGDcIw022899 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:13:39 -0400 Message-ID: <4AB8F7B2.8030907@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:13:38 +0200 From: Marian Csontos MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] I've tried to get some support on this list about lvm References: <200909152137.44474.whobedobe@dodo.com.au> <200909172059.49369.whobedobe@dodo.com.au> <4AB88C0B.6020203@redhat.com> <200909222318.17782.whobedobe@dodo.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200909222318.17782.whobedobe@dodo.com.au> 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 Hugh wrote: > On Tuesday 22 September 2009 18:34:19 Marian Csontos wrote: > >> Hugh wrote: >> >>> On Tuesday 15 September 2009 21:49:39 Alasdair G Kergon wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 09:37:44PM +1000, Hugh wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sep 10 20:55:46 fc11-64 kernel: device-mapper: table: device 8:18 >>>>> too small for target >>>>> >>>> There's your answer: You're trying to make it bigger than the underlying >>>> device. >>>> >>>> Use pvs -v to check device sizes for discrepancies. >>>> (--units s if necessary). >>>> >>>> Alasdair >>>> >>> Thanks, now I can see what the problem is: >>> >>> [root@fc11-64 ~]# pvs -v >>> Scanning for physical volume names >>> PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree DevSize PV UUID >>> /dev/sda2 vg_fc1164 lvm2 a- 99.80G 0 99.80G >>> qunnek-OG2y-hp2j-31J8- J3HT-0Aye-3w2rMN >>> /dev/sdb2 VolGroup00 lvm2 a- 67.91G 20.00G 47.93G >>> eCuGyH-jV7L-Tgdg-JyYW- sWK1-ehZY-OLw0WS >>> >>> >>> How is this possible? >>> What's the solution? >>> How can I grow the DevSize? >>> Probably a better question to ask is, how can I add the unused space into >>> the device and then the volume? >>> >> Hi Hugh, >> >> taking into account this: >> >>> Maybe I should provide some more background. >>> I have a vmware virtual disk and I have grown the disk size by 20G. >>> >> and... >> >> >>> [root@fc11-64 ~]# parted -l >>> Model: VMware, VMware Virtual S (scsi) >>> Disk /dev/sda: 107GB >>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B >>> Partition Table: msdos >>> >>> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags >>> 1 32.3kB 210MB 210MB primary ext3 boot >>> 2 210MB 107GB 107GB primary lvm >>> >>> >>> Model: VMware, VMware Virtual S (scsi) >>> Disk /dev/sdb: 73.0GB >>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B >>> Partition Table: msdos >>> >> ...this: >> >>> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags >>> 1 32.3kB 74.0MB 74.0MB primary ext3 boot >>> 2 74.0MB 51.5GB 51.5GB primary lvm >>> >> you have to resize sdb2 partition first. >> >> Though I do not understand why it is possible to resize PV beyond end of >> device (doing that should display a warning message, but command will >> pass), this is definitely not a LVM bug. >> >> HTH, >> >> -- Marian >> >> >>> Model: Linux device-mapper (dm) >>> Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00: 49.3GB >>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B >>> Partition Table: loop >>> >>> Number Start End Size File system Flags >>> 1 0.00B 49.3GB 49.3GB ext3 >>> >>> >>> Model: Linux device-mapper (dm) >>> Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol01: 2114MB >>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B >>> Partition Table: loop >>> >>> Number Start End Size File system Flags >>> 1 0.00B 2114MB 2114MB linux-swap >>> >>> >>> Model: Linux device-mapper (dm) >>> Disk /dev/mapper/vg_fc1164-lv_swap: 4194MB >>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B >>> Partition Table: loop >>> >>> Number Start End Size File system Flags >>> 1 0.00B 4194MB 4194MB linux-swap >>> >>> >>> Model: Linux device-mapper (dm) >>> Disk /dev/mapper/vg_fc1164-lv_root: 103GB >>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B >>> Partition Table: loop >>> >>> Number Start End Size File system Flags >>> 1 0.00B 103GB 103GB ext3 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/ >> >> > > Thank Marian, > > Any idea how to resize sdb2? Easy. Just search web for: linux resize partition Or check these direct links: command line GNU parted: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/index.shtml GNOME gparted: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ KDE qtparted: ... > It's lvm and maybe I could delete it and recreate > it with fdisk but maybe it will break and everything will be lost. > Marian > Hugh > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ >