hi I am trying to understand how big the lvm metadata is in the vgcfgbackup file, I can see extent_size = 8192 dev_size = 204800 pe_start = 2048 pe_count 24 pe_count(24) * extent_size(8192) = 196608 bytes usable space of the total dev_size(204800) metadata size? = dev_size(204800) - 196608 = 8192 but... pe_start is 2048? so what is pe_start here? cant be sectors(512)? bytes? well than ther be not aligned so where starts the actual data? and where ends the lvm metadata? regards Tomas Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/