topic Re: LVM error in Operating System - Linux

LVM error

sen_ux — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:44:13 GMT

Hi All,

I am getting the following error while creating a logical volume on my Linux Box.

lvcreate -- no free LVM block device specials available
OS:Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon Update 9)
2.4.21-57.ELsmp
lvm-1.0.8-14

Thanks
SEN

Re: LVM error

Ivan Krastev — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:33:10 GMT

Could you post the output from:

vgdisplay VG_NAME

regards,
ivan

Re: LVM error

Matti_Kurkela — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:38:27 GMT

Do you have 256 logical volumes in your system?

You may have hit one of the limits of the LVM-1.0.8 system.

256 logical volumes is quite a lot - do you really need that many? Maybe you should re-think your disk space allocation policies and reorganize the disk space into fewer but larger LVs.

MK

Re: LVM error

sen_ux — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:54:37 GMT

Thanks all,

I got it.
I have 256 LVS on my system.I was thinking abt LVs/VG but it is LVs/System. I have reached the max. for RHEL 3.

Thanks
SEN