Hello, Have tried to extend a volume group but lvextend fails # lvextend -v -L+1G /dev/itsdata/smb_home lvextend -- checking for valid logical volume path lvextend -- locking logical volume manager lvextend -- checking existence of logical volume "/dev/itsdata/smb_home" lvextend -- checking for active logical volume "/dev/itsdata/smb_home" lvextend -- reading volume group data of volume group "itsdata" from disk(s) lvextend -- getting index of logical volume "/dev/itsdata/smb_home" in volume group "itsdata" lvextend -- getting status of "/dev/itsdata/smb_home" from VGDA in kernel lvextend -- rounding size to stripe boundary size lvextend -- extending logical volume "/dev/itsdata/smb_home" to 23.87 GB lvextend -- setting up logical volume "/dev/itsdata/smb_home" for extend lvextend -- not enough free/allocatable physical extents to extend logical volume "/dev/itsdata/smb_home" vgdisplay: --- Volume group --- VG Name itsdata VG Access read/write VG Status available/resizable VG # 0 MAX LV 256 Cur LV 1 Open LV 1 MAX LV Size 255.99 GB Max PV 256 Cur PV 20 Act PV 20 VG Size 45.70 GB PE Size 4 MB Total PE 11700 Alloc PE / Size 5850 / 22.85 GB Free PE / Size 5850 / 22.85 GB VG UUID w7CoKp-yGH3-OfuG-UQLY-Mu8l-aknD-Ioko6h Any Hints ? _______________________________________________________ "Light the fire within people, not underneath them" _______________________________________________ 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/