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Re: lvextend: Error detected when reading from file "/etc/lvmpvg".

 
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jerrym
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lvextend: Error detected when reading from file "/etc/lvmpvg".

What gives with this?  I only found one post on this and it lead to a doc that does not exist anymore.

I unmounted it. remove the lv and recreated it with the new larger size. But what gives with the error message.

Never seen this one before.

 

 

#lvextend -l 256 /dev/vgTDMlog/lvmirrlogA
lvextend: Error detected when reading from file "/etc/lvmpvg".

 

 

 #vgdisplay -v /dev/vgTDMlog
--- Volume groups ---
VG Name                     /dev/vgTDMlog
VG Write Access             read/write
VG Status                   available
Max LV                      255
Cur LV                      4
Open LV                     4
Max PV                      20
Cur PV                      2
Act PV                      2
Max PE per PV               1016
VGDA                        4
PE Size (Mbytes)            16
Total PE                    1078
Alloc PE                    512
Free PE                     566
Total PVG                   0
Total Spare PVs             0
Total Spare PVs in use      0

 

   --- Logical volumes ---
   LV Name                     /dev/vgTDMlog/lvoriglogA
   LV Status                   available/syncd
   LV Size (Mbytes)            2048
   Current LE                  128
   Allocated PE                128
   Used PV                     1

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Steven E. Protter
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Re: lvextend: Error detected when reading from file "/etc/lvmpvg".

Shalom,

suggest you try the command specifying the disk you want to extend to. Not providing the information lets lvextend pick the disk and you might not be happy with the results.

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Re: lvextend: Error detected when reading from file "/etc/lvmpvg".

What is the contents of /etc/lvmpvg???

Hope this helps!
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Cortes Albertino
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Re: lvextend: Error detected when reading from file "/etc/lvmpvg".

Hello,

May be you may check if the allocation policy of
the logical volume is PVG-strict/*


# lvdisplay /dev/XXXX/YYYY |grep Allocation

if so then you can turn off this kind of allocation
(lvchange) or play with an /etc/lvmpvg file.

Hope it helps

jerrym
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Re: lvextend: Error detected when reading from file "/etc/lvmpvg".

Steven, I tried the command: 

 

lvextend -l 256 /dev/vgTDMlog/lvoriglogB /dev/dsk/c2t0d4

 

And got the same error message.  Accroding to the vgdisplay I should be able to increase it.

I have free extents. And if I want it to be total size 256 then I should put 256 or 128??

 

   LV Name                     /dev/vgTDMlog/lvoriglogB
   LV Status                   available/syncd
   LV Size (Mbytes)            2048
   Current LE                  128
   Allocated PE                128
   Used PV                     1

 

   --- Physical volumes ---
   PV Name                     /dev/dsk/c2t0d3
   PV Name                     /dev/dsk/c4t0d3  Alternate Link
   PV Status                   available
   Total PE                    539
   Free PE                     0
   Autoswitch                  On
   Proactive Polling           On

   PV Name                     /dev/dsk/c2t0d4
   PV Name                     /dev/dsk/c4t0d4  Alternate Link
   PV Status                   available
   Total PE                    539
   Free PE                     182
   Autoswitch                  On
   Proactive Polling           On

 

jerrym
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Re: lvextend: Error detected when reading from file "/etc/lvmpvg".

Torsten,  There is no   /etc/lmvpvg  file.

jerrym
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Re: lvextend: Error detected when reading from file "/etc/lvmpvg".

Cortes,  yes PVG-strict is on. What does this mean?

 Out of four lv's in the vg two are strict and two are PVG-strict.

 

jerrym
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Re: lvextend: Error detected when reading from file "/etc/lvmpvg".

Cortes. That did it. 

 

lvchange -s y /dev/vgTDMlog/lvoriglogB

 

#lvextend -l 256 /dev/vgTDMlog/lvoriglogB
Logical volume "/dev/vgTDMlog/lvoriglogB" has been successfully extended.
Volume Group configuration for /dev/vgTDMlog has been saved in /etc/lvmconf/vgTDMlog.conf

 


   LV Name                     /dev/vgTDMlog/lvoriglogB
   LV Status                   available/syncd
   LV Size (Mbytes)            4096
   Current LE                  256
   Allocated PE                256
   Used PV                     1

Cortes Albertino
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Re: lvextend: Error detected when reading from file "/etc/lvmpvg".

Hi,

 

Nice to know that you solved your problem.

The "allocation policy" of the logical volume determines
how the free extents are assigned.

You may have a look to lvcreate man page for a few details.

man lvcreate:

~~
 g    Set a PVG-strict allocation policy.
                                 Mirrors of a logical extent cannot share
                                 the same physical volume group.  A PVG-
                                 strict allocation policy cannot be set on a
                                 logical volume in a volume group that does
                                 not have a physical volume group defined.

~~

  If PVG-strict allocation policy is set, the /etc/lvmpvg file used is
      the one on the system where the command is issued.
~~

Albertino