Hi :) I have small and may be stupid questions, I run LVM 1.0.6 with kernel 2.4.19 onto redhat system. The LVM is running but when i run pvdisplay command onto one of the HDD into LVM output is : PV Name /dev/hdc1 VG Name home PV Size 76.69 GB [160836417 secs] / NOT usable 16.18 MB [LVM: 143 KB] PV# 3 PV Status NOT available ^^^^^^^^^^^ What's this mean ? I have 6 HDD in this LVM and HDD : /dev/hda7 /dev/hdc1 /dev/hde1 /dev/hdh1 has this status ; other for example /dev/hdb1 is : PV Status available ^^^^^^^^^ And second when i run pvscan program i see this : pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdg" is in no VG [8.01 GB] pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/hdg1" of VG "home" [76.67 GB / 0 free] pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/hdh1" of VG "home" [114.47 GB / 0 free] pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/hde1" of VG "home" [76.67 GB / 0 free] pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdc" is in no VG [8.01 GB] pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/hdc1" of VG "home" [76.67 GB / 0 free] pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/hda7" of VG "home" [60 GB / 0 free] pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/hdb1" of VG "home" [114.47 GB / 0 free] pvscan -- total: 8 [535.10 GB] / in use: 6 [519.09 GB] / in no VG: 2 [16.01 GB] Where this 16Gigs goes ? 8 onto /dev/hdg and 8 onto /dev/hdc Can i extend LVM volume and use this Gigs without destroying data onto LVM ? Thank You. WWell : Ivan Uzunov _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
