Hello, I have a 72GB SCSI in RAID mirror. Using LVM version 1.0.3, Redhat 9. Before resizing, the partitions are (snip from lvmdiskscan): /dev/sda1 [ 31.35 MB] Primary [0xDE] (Dell Utility) /dev/sda2 [ 19.53 GB] NTFS /dev/sda3 [ 298.08 MB] Primary LINUX native partition [0x83] (/boot) /dev/sda4 [ 48.51 GB] Primary Windows98 extended partition [0x0F] /dev/sda5 [ 1.95 GB] Extended LINUX swap partition [0x82] /dev/sda6 [ 5.86 GB] Extended LVM partition [0x8E] (VG "Volume00") /dev/sda7 [ 40.69 GB] Extended LVM partition [0x8E] (VG "Volume00") The vg "Volume00" contains PV /dev/sda6 and /dev/sda7, and the LVs (all ext3) are: /dev/Volume00/root (/) /dev/Volume00/home (/home) /dev/Volume00/opt (/opt) /dev/Volume00/tmp (/tmp) /dev/Volume00/usr (/usr) /dev/Volume00/usrlocal (/usr/local) /dev/Volume00/var (/var) I wanted to remove the NTFS partition, make /dev/sda2 as LVM partition, and add it to "/dev/Volume00/opt". Here's what I did: boot to linux rescue mode # vgscan # vgchange -a y use fdisk to remove /dev/sda2, recreate /dev/sda2 # mke2fs -j /dev/sda2 use parted to set the partition type to LVM partition (0x8e) # vgextend Volume00 /dev/sda2 Get the partition size (19.53GB) from # pvdisplay /dev/sda2 # e2fsadm -L+19.53G /dev/Volume00/opt Still have 532MB as shown from # pvdisplay /dev/sda2 # e2fsadm -L+532M /dev/Volume00/opt Step 11 produced error, showed many inode numbers, and asked if I wanted to fix for each inode number. I pressed a few 'y' and Ctrl-C to terminate. # e2fsck -y /dev/sda2 (to answer 'y' to all questions regarding fixing inode) reboot and got a kernel panic with the following msg: vgscan -- removing "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" vgscan -- creating empty "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) vgscan -- scanning for all active volume group(s) first vgscan -- reading data of volume group "Volume00" from physical volume(s) vgscan -- only found 6816 of 7424 LEs for LV /dev/Volume00/opt (2) vgscan -- ERROR "vg_read_with_pv_and_lv(): allocated LE of LV" can't get data of volume group "Volume00" from physical volume(s) vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume group I rebooted into rescue mode, and vgscan also gave the same error as above. And "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" are blank. How can I recover the VG? Is /dev/sda2 oversized by e2fsadm and therefore mess up the vg? Below is the selected output from pvdata for /dev/sda[2|6|7]. Thanks and regards, zhimin --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda2 VG Name Volume00 PV Size 19.53 GB [40949685 secs] / NOT usable 4.19 MB [LVM: 147 KB] PV# 3 PV Status NOT available Allocatable yes Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 4997 Free PE 133 Allocated PE 4864 PV UUID yE0dbB-u9IA-lLE0-nxEb-Y65M-quqE-enahmK pv_dev 0:8 system_id localhost.localdomain1081448932 pv_on_disk.base 0 pv_on_disk.size 1024 vg_on_disk.base 4096 vg_on_disk.size 4096 pv_uuidlist_on_disk.base 8192 pv_uuidlist_on_disk.size 32896 lv_on_disk.base 45056 lv_on_disk.size 84296 pe_on_disk.base 131072 pe_on_disk.size 4259840 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda6 VG Name Volume00 PV Size 5.86 GB [12289662 secs] / NOT usable 4.19 MB [LVM: 133 KB] PV# 2 PV Status available Allocatable yes (but full) Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 1499 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 1499 PV UUID lLUrL6-mDmn-rn0p-p2Tj-KOnH-RoQl-m03p8r pv_dev 0:8 system_id kpapp11064550336 pv_on_disk.base 0 pv_on_disk.size 1024 vg_on_disk.base 4096 vg_on_disk.size 4096 pv_uuidlist_on_disk.base 8192 pv_uuidlist_on_disk.size 32896 lv_on_disk.base 45056 lv_on_disk.size 84296 pe_on_disk.base 131072 pe_on_disk.size 4259840 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda7 VG Name Volume00 PV Size 40.69 GB [85337217 secs] / NOT usable 4.19 MB [LVM: 168 KB] PV# 1 PV Status available Allocatable yes (but full) Cur LV 7 PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 10416 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 10416 PV UUID lG5j0E-Whql-dSsu-n2gV-rqRB-7dCc-rLE28Q pv_dev 0:8 system_id localhost.localdomain1064490821 pv_on_disk.base 0 pv_on_disk.size 1024 vg_on_disk.base 4096 vg_on_disk.size 4096 pv_uuidlist_on_disk.base 8192 pv_uuidlist_on_disk.size 32896 lv_on_disk.base 45056 lv_on_disk.size 84296 pe_on_disk.base 131072 pe_on_disk.size 4259840 --- Volume group --- VG Name VG Access read/write VG Status NOT available/resizable VG # 0 MAX LV 256 Cur LV 7 Open LV 0 MAX LV Size 255.99 GB Max PV 256 Cur PV 3 Act PV 3 VG Size 66.06 GB PE Size 4 MB Total PE 16912 Alloc PE / Size 16779 / 65.54 GB Free PE / Size 133 / 532 MB VG UUID js4UPn-4GPE-I68L-Qjgb-88zN-4e7h-2PmoMC --- List of logical volumes --- pvdata -- logical volume "/dev/Volume00/root" at offset 0 pvdata -- logical volume "/dev/Volume00/home" at offset 1 pvdata -- logical volume "/dev/Volume00/opt" at offset 2 pvdata -- logical volume "/dev/Volume00/tmp" at offset 3 pvdata -- logical volume "/dev/Volume00/usr" at offset 4 pvdata -- logical volume "/dev/Volume00/usrlocal" at offset 5 pvdata -- logical volume "/dev/Volume00/var" at offset 6 pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 7 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 8 is empty ... ... pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 254 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 255 is empty --- List of physical extents --- (for /dev/sda2) PE: 00000 LV: 003 LE: 02560 PE: 00001 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 00002 LV: 003 LE: 02562 PE: 00003 LV: 003 LE: 02563 PE: 00004 LV: 003 LE: 02564 PE: 00005 LV: 39914 LE: 16501 PE: 00006 LV: 003 LE: 00000 PE: 00007 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 00008 LV: 003 LE: 02568 ... ... PE: 00026 LV: 003 LE: 02586 PE: 00027 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 00028 LV: 003 LE: 02588 PE: 00029 LV: 003 LE: 02589 PE: 00030 LV: 003 LE: 02590 PE: 00031 LV: 003 LE: 02591 PE: 00032 LV: 003 LE: 02592 PE: 00033 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 00034 LV: 003 LE: 02594 PE: 00035 LV: 003 LE: 02595 PE: 00036 LV: 003 LE: 02596 PE: 00037 LV: 39914 LE: 16501 PE: 00038 LV: 003 LE: 00000 PE: 00039 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 00040 LV: 003 LE: 02600 ... ... PE: 00058 LV: 003 LE: 02618 PE: 00059 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 00060 LV: 003 LE: 02620 PE: 00061 LV: 003 LE: 02621 PE: 00062 LV: 003 LE: 02622 PE: 00063 LV: 003 LE: 02623 PE: 00064 LV: 003 LE: 02624 PE: 00065 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 00066 LV: 003 LE: 02626 PE: 00067 LV: 003 LE: 02627 PE: 00068 LV: 003 LE: 02628 PE: 00069 LV: 39914 LE: 16501 PE: 00070 LV: 003 LE: 00000 PE: 00071 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 00072 LV: 003 LE: 02632 PE: 00073 LV: 003 LE: 02633 ... ... PE: 04826 LV: 003 LE: 07386 PE: 04827 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04828 LV: 003 LE: 07388 PE: 04829 LV: 003 LE: 07389 PE: 04830 LV: 003 LE: 07390 PE: 04831 LV: 003 LE: 07391 PE: 04832 LV: 003 LE: 07392 PE: 04833 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04834 LV: 003 LE: 07394 PE: 04835 LV: 003 LE: 07395 PE: 04836 LV: 003 LE: 07396 PE: 04837 LV: 39915 LE: 16501 PE: 04838 LV: 003 LE: 00000 PE: 04839 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04840 LV: 003 LE: 07400 PE: 04841 LV: 003 LE: 07401 PE: 04842 LV: 003 LE: 07402 PE: 04843 LV: 003 LE: 07403 PE: 04844 LV: 003 LE: 07404 PE: 04845 LV: 003 LE: 07405 PE: 04846 LV: 003 LE: 07406 PE: 04847 LV: 003 LE: 07407 PE: 04848 LV: 003 LE: 07408 PE: 04849 LV: 003 LE: 07409 PE: 04850 LV: 003 LE: 07410 PE: 04851 LV: 003 LE: 07411 PE: 04852 LV: 003 LE: 07412 PE: 04853 LV: 003 LE: 07413 PE: 04854 LV: 003 LE: 07414 PE: 04855 LV: 003 LE: 07415 PE: 04856 LV: 003 LE: 07416 PE: 04857 LV: 003 LE: 07417 PE: 04858 LV: 003 LE: 07418 PE: 04859 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04860 LV: 003 LE: 07420 PE: 04861 LV: 003 LE: 07421 PE: 04862 LV: 003 LE: 07422 PE: 04863 LV: 003 LE: 07423 PE: 04864 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04865 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04866 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04867 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04868 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04869 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04870 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04871 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04872 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04873 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04874 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04875 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04876 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04877 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04878 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04879 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04880 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04881 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04882 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04883 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04884 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04885 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04886 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04887 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04888 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04889 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04890 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04891 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04892 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04893 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04894 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04895 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04896 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04897 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04898 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04899 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04900 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04901 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04902 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04903 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04904 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04905 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04906 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04907 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04908 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04909 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04910 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04911 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04912 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04913 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04914 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04915 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04916 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04917 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04918 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04919 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04920 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04921 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04922 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04923 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04924 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04925 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04926 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04927 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04928 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04929 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04930 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04931 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04932 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04933 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04934 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04935 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04936 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04937 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04938 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04939 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04940 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04941 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04942 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04943 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04944 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04945 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04946 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04947 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04948 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04949 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04950 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04951 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04952 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04953 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04954 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04955 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04956 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04957 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04958 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04959 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04960 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04961 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04962 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04963 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04964 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04965 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04966 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04967 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04968 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04969 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04970 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04971 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04972 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04973 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04974 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04975 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04976 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04977 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04978 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04979 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04980 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04981 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04982 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04983 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04984 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04985 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04986 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04987 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04988 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04989 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04990 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04991 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04992 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04993 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04994 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04995 LV: --- LE: ----- PE: 04996 LV: --- LE: ----- _______________________________________________ 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/
