Hi all, I'm trying to add a shiny new drive (/dev/hdd) to an existing Logical Volume to no avail. The HOWTO says I should be able to do this. Googling indicates that others have had this problem, but tells of no recorded resolution. I was hoping someone could point me to solution. Info below. Thanks in advance! Paul root@backup:~# lvextend --size +149G -t /dev/ide_disks/bacula Test mode: Metadata will NOT be updated. Incorrect metadata area header checksum Using stripesize of last segment 4KB Rounding size (147200 extents) down to stripe boundary size for segment (147198 extents) Extending logical volume bacula to 574.99 GB Insufficient allocatable extents suitable for parallel use for logical volume bacula: 147198 required root@backup:~# lvdisplay -vm /dev/ide_disks/bacula Using logical volume(s) on command line Incorrect metadata area header checksum --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/ide_disks/bacula VG Name ide_disks LV UUID 36N6XE-wDXh-8wZ1-uoVz-MW0h-6uvP-DWUiow LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 0 LV Size 426.00 GB Current LE 109056 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 254:2 --- Segments --- Logical extent 0 to 109055: Type striped Stripes 3 Stripe size 4 KB Stripe 0: Physical volume /dev/hdb Physical extents 1750 to 38101 Stripe 1: Physical volume /dev/hdc Physical extents 1750 to 38101 Stripe 2: Physical volume /dev/hda2 Physical extents 1750 to 38101 root@backup:~# vgdisplay ide_disks Incorrect metadata area header checksum --- Volume group --- VG Name ide_disks System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 4 Metadata Sequence No 7 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 3 Open LV 2 Max PV 0 Cur PV 4 Act PV 4 VG Size 595.99 GB PE Size 4.00 MB Total PE 152573 Alloc PE / Size 114306 / 446.51 GB Free PE / Size 38267 / 149.48 GB VG UUID nbF5of-R5sV-u8mc-IVhK-GnAL-xZyO-7AQzh9 root@backup:~# pvdisplay Incorrect metadata area header checksum Incorrect metadata area header checksum Incorrect metadata area header checksum Incorrect metadata area header checksum --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hda2 VG Name ide_disks PV Size 148.86 GB / not usable 0 Allocatable yes PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 38109 Free PE 7 Allocated PE 38102 PV UUID E8EsjG-gvEw-vpMI-nPH5-4TSe-iY1N-kZERc2 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdb VG Name ide_disks PV Size 149.05 GB / not usable 0 Allocatable yes PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 38156 Free PE 54 Allocated PE 38102 PV UUID 910g9r-zVmg-ZMHR-Qe7y-rkyQ-7Jrg-iV6X4I --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdc VG Name ide_disks PV Size 149.05 GB / not usable 0 Allocatable yes PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 38156 Free PE 54 Allocated PE 38102 PV UUID q4C4sK-bdLY-SfMX-1CnC-r2Yi-MaJU-29GWef --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdd1 VG Name ide_disks PV Size 149.03 GB / not usable 0 Allocatable yes PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 38152 Free PE 38152 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID XxOREs-3k4B-jhky-lhGD-zQx5-xhE3-HPqG0L --- NEW Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hda1 VG Name PV Size 149.05 GB Allocatable NO PE Size (KByte) 0 Total PE 0 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID PWBpiN-xxgY-m0Ck-A67u-a78Z-JwCx-Arh4dG root@backup:~# fdisk -l /dev/hdd Disk /dev/hdd: 160.0 GB, 160029999616 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19455 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdd1 1 19455 156272256 8e Linux LVM _______________________________________________ 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/