On Tuesday 22 September 2009 18:34:19 Marian Csontos wrote: > Hugh wrote: > > On Tuesday 15 September 2009 21:49:39 Alasdair G Kergon wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 09:37:44PM +1000, Hugh wrote: > >>> Sep 10 20:55:46 fc11-64 kernel: device-mapper: table: device 8:18 > >>> too small for target > >> > >> There's your answer: You're trying to make it bigger than the underlying > >> device. > >> > >> Use pvs -v to check device sizes for discrepancies. > >> (--units s if necessary). > >> > >> Alasdair > > > > Thanks, now I can see what the problem is: > > > > [root@fc11-64 ~]# pvs -v > > Scanning for physical volume names > > PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree DevSize PV UUID > > /dev/sda2 vg_fc1164 lvm2 a- 99.80G 0 99.80G > > qunnek-OG2y-hp2j-31J8- J3HT-0Aye-3w2rMN > > /dev/sdb2 VolGroup00 lvm2 a- 67.91G 20.00G 47.93G > > eCuGyH-jV7L-Tgdg-JyYW- sWK1-ehZY-OLw0WS > > > > > > How is this possible? > > What's the solution? > > How can I grow the DevSize? > > Probably a better question to ask is, how can I add the unused space into > > the device and then the volume? > > Hi Hugh, > > taking into account this: > > Maybe I should provide some more background. > > I have a vmware virtual disk and I have grown the disk size by 20G. > > and... > > > [root@fc11-64 ~]# parted -l > > Model: VMware, VMware Virtual S (scsi) > > Disk /dev/sda: 107GB > > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > > Partition Table: msdos > > > > Number Start End Size Type File system Flags > > 1 32.3kB 210MB 210MB primary ext3 boot > > 2 210MB 107GB 107GB primary lvm > > > > > > Model: VMware, VMware Virtual S (scsi) > > Disk /dev/sdb: 73.0GB > > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > > Partition Table: msdos > > ...this: > > Number Start End Size Type File system Flags > > 1 32.3kB 74.0MB 74.0MB primary ext3 boot > > 2 74.0MB 51.5GB 51.5GB primary lvm > > you have to resize sdb2 partition first. > > Though I do not understand why it is possible to resize PV beyond end of > device (doing that should display a warning message, but command will > pass), this is definitely not a LVM bug. > > HTH, > > -- Marian > > > Model: Linux device-mapper (dm) > > Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00: 49.3GB > > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > > Partition Table: loop > > > > Number Start End Size File system Flags > > 1 0.00B 49.3GB 49.3GB ext3 > > > > > > Model: Linux device-mapper (dm) > > Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol01: 2114MB > > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > > Partition Table: loop > > > > Number Start End Size File system Flags > > 1 0.00B 2114MB 2114MB linux-swap > > > > > > Model: Linux device-mapper (dm) > > Disk /dev/mapper/vg_fc1164-lv_swap: 4194MB > > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > > Partition Table: loop > > > > Number Start End Size File system Flags > > 1 0.00B 4194MB 4194MB linux-swap > > > > > > Model: Linux device-mapper (dm) > > Disk /dev/mapper/vg_fc1164-lv_root: 103GB > > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > > Partition Table: loop > > > > Number Start End Size File system Flags > > 1 0.00B 103GB 103GB ext3 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > Thank Marian, Any idea how to resize sdb2? It's lvm and maybe I could delete it and recreate it with fdisk but maybe it will break and everything will be lost. Hugh _______________________________________________ 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/
