From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx14.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.19]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p3OG9Vga027348 for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:09:31 -0400 Received: from eastrmfepo101.cox.net (eastrmfepo101.cox.net [68.230.241.213]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p3OG9RVU032507 for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:09:28 -0400 Received: from eastrmimpo02.cox.net ([68.1.16.120]) by eastrmfepo101.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20110424160927.FYKM3772.eastrmfepo101.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:09:27 -0400 Message-ID: <4DB44B37.6000501@cox.net> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:09:27 -0500 From: Ron Johnson MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [linux-lvm] Insufficient suitable allocatable extents for logical volume 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 Why does this happen? I think it has something to do with the fact that I set the lv to striped. TIA, Ron # lvm version LVM version: 2.02.54(1) (2009-10-26) Library version: 1.02.39 (2009-10-26) Driver version: 4.17.0 (Yes, I know it's old. Blame Ubuntu) # vgdisplay data_vg --- Volume group --- VG Name data_vg System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 12 Metadata Sequence No 6 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 1 Open LV 0 Max PV 0 Cur PV 12 Act PV 12 VG Size 5.46 TiB PE Size 8.00 MiB Total PE 715392 Alloc PE / Size 476928 / 3.64 TiB Free PE / Size 238464 / 1.82 TiB VG UUID NPgp1H-6kkG-c4wL-KNyT-AVoh-Frlb-4nvfiT # lvextend -v -l+100%FREE data_vg/data_lv Finding volume group data_vg Using stripesize of last segment 8.00 MiB Archiving volume group "data_vg" metadata (seqno 6). Extending logical volume data_lv to 5.46 TiB Insufficient suitable allocatable extents for logical volume data_lv: 238464 more required # lvextend -v -l+50%FREE data_vg/data_lv Finding volume group data_vg Using stripesize of last segment 8.00 MiB Archiving volume group "data_vg" metadata (seqno 6). Extending logical volume data_lv to 4.55 TiB Insufficient suitable allocatable extents for logical volume data_lv: 119232 more required # lvextend -v -l+10%FREE data_vg/data_lv Finding volume group data_vg Using stripesize of last segment 8.00 MiB Rounding size (500774 extents) down to stripe boundary size for segment (500768 extents) Archiving volume group "data_vg" metadata (seqno 6). Extending logical volume data_lv to 3.82 TiB Insufficient suitable allocatable extents for logical volume data_lv: 23840 more required -- "Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt." Samuel Adams, essay in The Public Advertiser, 1749